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Fig. 6.10 Image showing skeletal landmarks, located by anthropometrists and apparel
practitioners by palpating for the bony protuberances. Reliably finding the point on the bone
closest to the center of the joint rotation requires training for some of the landmark locations.

most clothing is worn lower than the natural waist and has been since the 1950s. One
way to identify the waist, depending on the goals of the study, is to have each indi-
vidual being scanned identify their preferred waist position for themselves, by placing
a snug elastic band at their own waist. Most scan software provides a variety of choices
for waist placement, so another choice is to measure the waist at several different
locations.
Of course the scanner software can quite easily identify the smallest circumference
on the torso between the high hip and the tenth rib—but this is generally a point even
higher than any preferred landmark for the natural waist. In a similar issue the