Emergence of the obesity epidemic: 6-decade visualization with humanoid avatars.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Visualizations of the emerging obesity epidemic, such as with serial US color prevalence maps, provide graphic images that extend informative public health messages beyond those in written communications. Advances in low-cost 3D optical technology now allow for development of large image databases that include participants varying in race/ethnicity, body mass, height, age, and circumferences. When combined with contemporary statistical methods, these data sets can be used to create humanoid avatar images with prespecified anthropometric features.

Objectives

The current study aimed to develop a humanoid avatar series with characteristics of representative US adults extending over the past 6 decades.

Methods

3D optical scans were conducted on a demographicall

SUBMITTER: Wong MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8971009 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature