ea0015p104 | Clinical practice/governance and case reports | SFEBES2008
Tahrani Abd
, Boelaert Kristien
, Barnes Richard
, Palin Suzanne
, Field Annmarie
, Redmayne Helen
, Aytok Lisa
, Rahim Asad
Background: Body Mass Index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) are currently used to assess obesity. BMI and WC do not take into account fat/muscle distribution or allow for distinctions between gender, age or ethnicity. WC reflects abdominal fat distribution more accurately, but is operator-dependant and variable in terms of reproducibility. BVI is a totally new, reproducible and novel concept using a 3D body scanner and appropriate software, to measure total body and 8 body ...