How to take TikTok\u2019s Body Type Quiz and is it accurate? TikTokA new \u2018type\u2019 quiz is making waves on TikTok, following other similar quizzes about personality, but this time it\u2019s all about your body type. Here\u2019s how you can take the body type quiz, and also why you shouldn\u2019t worry about the results. Many of us aspire to have an improved physique: more muscle, less fat, wider shoulders, a thinner waist. The reality is that there is a lot of genetic variability between everyone, meaning your \u2018dream\u2019 physique may not be all that achievable. But, of course, with a good diet and exercise, it is possible for anyone, regardless of genetics, to improve their physique, as well as overall health. The body type quiz on TikTok seeks to determine your starting position \u2013 but is it actually useful? With over 400 million views on body type quiz videos, let\u2019s take a look at what it really means. What is the TikTok body type quiz? The body type quiz attempts to place you into one of three categories: Mesomorph, Ectomorph, or Endomorph. These are three \u2018body types\u2019 that are often used to describe different physiques. If you are an \u2018ectomorph\u2019 for example, it means you generally have low body fat as well as low muscle mass. Meanwhile, an Endomorph will have higher body fat, low muscle mass, while the Mesomorph has higher muscle mass naturally. The body type quiz asks you a number of questions about your physique, such as your \u2018bone size\u2019, body fat levels, ability to gain muscle, and more. You can take the body type quiz on Everyday Health \u2013 which claims that these body types have \u201csolid science\u201d behind them, but as explained below, this is debatable. Is the TikTok body type quiz accurate? Yes and no. While it might vaguely describe your body type right now, these three body types are not actually real, scientific body types. They are called \u2018Somatotypes\u2019 and were thought up by a psychologist, William Herbert Sheldon, in the 1940s. Sheldon was trying to test if people with different body shapes had different personalities too \u2013 for example, a larger person might be more \u201cjolly\u201d. Of course, this is not true whatsoever, but the somatotype idea stuck. Really, these body types (somatotypes) are mostly a myth. They are just a very simplified way of describing the various body shapes a human might have and you are not limited by your current body shape, to changing it to something different, for better or for worse. A thin \u2018ectomorph\u2019 for example could eat far too much food, put on a lot of weight, and now be considered an \u2018endomorph\u2019. Or you, could build a lot of muscle and look like a mesomorph. Lots of fitness advice is even given on TikTok and elsewhere, based on your \u201cbody type\u201d \u2013 but again, these body types are not real. So, while the body type quiz might be fun to try out, don\u2019t worry about the results \u2013 they don\u2019t mean much.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
How to take TikTok\u2019s Body Type Quiz and is it accurate? TikTokA new \u2018type\u2019 quiz is making waves on TikTok, following other similar quizzes about personality, but this time it\u2019s all about your body type. Here\u2019s how you can take the body type quiz, and also why you shouldn\u2019t worry about the results. Many of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50115\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}