Skin optical properties in the obese and their relation to body mass index: a review.

ABSTRACT:

Significance

Obesity is a worldwide epidemic contributing directly to several cardiovascular risk factors including hypertension and type 2 diabetes. Wearable devices are becoming better at quantifying biomarkers relevant for the management of health and fitness. Unfortunately, both anecdotal evidence and recent studies indicate that some wearables have higher levels of error when utilized by populations with darker skin tones and high body mass index (BMI). There is an urgent need for a better evaluation of the limits of wearable health technologies when used by obese individuals.

Aims

(1) To review the current know-how on changes due to obesity in the skin epidermis, dermis, and subcutis that could affect the skin optical properties; (2) for the green wavelength range, to

SUBMITTER: Rodriguez AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8963797 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature