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Body scanning as a new anthropometric measurement tool for health‐risk assessment
Author(s) -
Heuberger Roschelle,
Domina Tanya,
MacGillivray Maureen
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
international journal of consumer studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.775
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1470-6431
pISSN - 1470-6423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2007.00626.x
Subject(s) - waist , anthropometry , circumference , scanner , medicine , tape measure , risk assessment , body mass index , physical therapy , computer science , mathematics , artificial intelligence , geography , cartography , geometry , computer security
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 differences existed between circumference measurements calculated by the body scanner and those which were gathered from a tape measure. This research indicates that utilization of the body scanner as an anthropometric measurement tool for the assessment of health risk has tremendous benefits.