Posted on 03/26/2010 11:48:13 AM PDT by FReepaholic
A study by the Korea Food and Drug Administration seems to contradict the stereotype that Koreans have bigger faces than Caucasians.
The KFDA measured the facial dimensions of 387 adults and 304 children and adolescents between 2007 and 2009 and found that the average Korean male's face was 419 sq. cm in area or about 92 percent the size of Caucasian males' 453 sq. cm. The face of the average Korean woman measured 371 sq. cm, a little smaller than the average Caucasian woman's 380 sq. cm.
Experts say the faces of Koreans appear to be bigger due to a kind of optical illusion. "Koreans tend to have relatively flatter facial features than Caucasians so they could be perceived as having bigger faces, but from a three-dimensional perspective, Caucasians have bigger faces," said Cho Yong-jin, head of the Face Research Institute.
The faces of Koreans tend to spread out sideways, while those of Caucasians protrude. "Even if the actual face is small, prominent cheek bones or jaws can make a face appear bigger," said Park Sang-hoon, a plastic surgeon at ID Hospital.
However, the KFDA said it used data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for the facial dimensions of Caucasians and acknowledged that errors could be possible due to differences in measuring. The KFDA measured the faces of Koreans, while facial sizes in the U.S. data were determined by taking the entire area of a person's head and deeming the face to take up one-third.
Looks like their government wastes tax money just like ours.
Maybe they just look bigger.
Nope, I'm not buying that at all. I think you really were looking for a story about big faces. Whats the deal? ;-P
Any other body measurement data on Korean women?
Why on earth would the EPA have data like that anyway?
Exactly. What is the ratio of head size to height? They could have smaller faces but look like human caricatures...
So, the North Koreans sank the ship because they were being kidded about having big faces?
If Mrs. RO is reading this.... I only wrote that for the sexist pigs on this website. And of course you are the most beautiul woman ever. In fact I only know about the HOOTERS thing because someone else told me. And I begged them to end the conversation.
“...The faces of Koreans tend to spread out sideways, while those of Caucasians protrude...”
AMAZING - who would have known that? Good thing we have smart people studying things likes this!!
(sarc)
Did US tax dollars pay for this too?
Loss of face is a serious concern in eastern cultures.
Big faces, and small, well,.....,you know..........
Can we get them to do a study on Obama’s ears and ego?
Biometrics database. Be seeing you, comrade.
I wonder what the average height and weight of a Korean is compared to a Caucasian?
They’re just tired of paying more for Facebook.
If they say so. I spent 15 lovely months in Korea and it seemed to me (and others) that they did have larger faces than we did.
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