Digital anthropometry: a critical review

Anthropometry, Greek for human measurement, is a tool widely used across many scientific disciplines. Clinical nutrition applications include phenotyping subjects across the lifespan for assessing growth, body composition, response to treatments, and predicting health risks. The simple anthropometri...

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Published inEuropean journal of clinical nutrition Vol. 72; no. 5; pp. 680 - 687
Main Authors Heymsfield, Steven B., Bourgeois, Brianna, Ng, Bennett K., Sommer, Markus J., Li, Xin, Shepherd, John A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.05.2018
Nature Publishing Group
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Anthropometry
Body composition
Body measurements
Calipers
Clinical Nutrition
Epidemiology
Health
Health aspects
Health risks
Internal Medicine
Ionizing radiation
Life span
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Metabolic Diseases
Nutrition
Nutrition therapy
Phenotyping
Public Health
Review Article
Technology
Technology application
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ISSN0954-3007
1476-5640
1476-5640
DOI10.1038/s41430-018-0145-7

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Summary:Anthropometry, Greek for human measurement, is a tool widely used across many scientific disciplines. Clinical nutrition applications include phenotyping subjects across the lifespan for assessing growth, body composition, response to treatments, and predicting health risks. The simple anthropometric tools such as flexible measuring tapes and calipers are now being supplanted by rapidly developing digital technology devices. These systems take many forms, but excitement today surrounds the introduction of relatively low cost three-dimensional optical imaging methods that can be used in research, clinical, and even home settings. This review examines this transformative technology, providing an overview of device operational details, early validation studies, and potential applications. Digital anthropometry is rapidly transforming dormant and static areas of clinical nutrition science with many new applications and research opportunities.
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AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONS
SBH, BB, BKN, MJS, XL, and JAS drafted the manuscript; SBH and JAS provided necessary logistical support; SBH, BB, BKN, MJS, XL, and JAS edited the manuscript for intellectual content and provided critical comments on the manuscript.
ISSN:0954-3007
1476-5640
1476-5640
DOI:10.1038/s41430-018-0145-7