Assessment of abdominal obesity using 3D body scanning technology

• Main Authors: Suhana Japar,, Thamilvaani Manaharan,, Asma Ahmad Shariff,, Abdul Majid Mohamed,, Amir Feisal Merican Aljunid Merican,
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11033/1/08%20Suhana%20Japar.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11033/; http://www.ukm.my/jsm/english_journals/vol46num4_2017/contentsVol46num4_2017.html

Abdominal obesity is an important contributor for health risk factors such as hypertension, diabetes mellitus and hypercholesterolemia. Therefore, the application of a proper method is important prerequisite in performing abdominal obesity assessment. In this study, we applied 3D body scanning techn...