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SUBMITTER: Loeffler-Wirth H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6136742 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Loeffler-Wirth Henry H Vogel Mandy M Kirsten Toralf T Glock Fabian F Poulain Tanja T Körner Antje A Loeffler Markus M Kiess Wieland W Binder Hans H
PloS one 20180913 9
3D-body scanning anthropometry is a suitable method for characterization of physiological development of children and adolescents, and for understanding onset and progression of disorders like overweight and obesity. Here we present a novel body typing approach to describe and to interpret longitudinal 3D-body scanning data of more than 800 children and adolescents measured in up to four follow-ups in intervals of 1 year, referring to an age range between 6 and 18 years. We analyzed transitions ...[more]