Body scanning as a new anthropometric measurement tool for health-risk assessment

Abstract excerpt

The study explored the accuracy of body measurements gathered from trained observers employing a tape measure compared with those generated by the 3D body scanner. Tape measurements of body circumferences are routinely used for assessing future risk to health, as increased circumference of the waist vs. hip is associated with greater chronic disease rates later in life. Findings indicated that significant differen...

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• Anthropometry
• Data Collection
• Genetics, Population
• Indians, North American
• North America
• Observer Variation
• Sample Size
• Selection Bias

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Literature Corpus work

9226e3b6-c1dd-54f2-b306-24e4ca0738f4

DOI

10.1111/j.1470-6431.2007.00626.x