TITLE:
The relationship between thermal imaging and waist circumference in young adults
AUTHORS:
Roschelle Heuberger, Patrick Kinnicutt, Tanya Domina
KEYWORDS:
Obesity; Thermal Imaging; Young Adults
JOURNAL NAME:
Health,
Vol.4 No.12A,
December
31,
2012
ABSTRACT: Technologies such as
3-dimensional body scanners and thermal cameras are currently being
investigated to eliminate the traditional means of assessing anthropometrics in
the overweight and obese population. The purpose of this study was to determine
the potential for thermal imaging to assess the relationship between thermal
patterning and anthropometrics in young adults. Participants were 18 - 24 year
old men (n = 176) and women (n = 260) with different Body Mass Indices (BMI),
somatotypes, and activity levels. Participants were weighed, body scanned and
thermally imaged. Statistical treatment included descriptive statistics and
ANOVA. Statistically significant differences between mean thermal ratings
were found between the normal and abnormal groups as categorized by waist
circumference for both males (p regions between
normal and overweight/ obese groups were also found to be statistically
different for both males (p