Editing Anthropometry (section)

===3D body scanners===
Today anthropometry can be performed with [[3D body scanning|three-dimensional scanners]]. A global collaborative study to examine the uses of three-dimensional scanners for health care was launched in March 2007. The Body Benchmark Study will investigate the use of three-dimensional scanners to calculate volumes and segmental volumes of an individual body scan. The aim is to establish whether the [[Body volume index|Body Volume Index]] has the potential to be used as a long-term computer-based anthropometric measurement for health care. In 2001 the UK conducted the largest sizing survey to date using scanners. Since then several national surveys have followed in the UK's pioneering steps, notably SizeUSA, SizeMexico, and SizeThailand, the latter still ongoing. SizeUK showed that the nation had become taller and heavier but not as much as expected. Since 1951, when the last women's survey had taken place, the average weight for women had gone up from 62 to 65&nbsp;kg. However, recent research has shown that posture of the participant significantly influences the measurements taken,<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Gill|first1=Simeon|last2=Parker|first2=Christopher J.|title=Scan posture definition and hip girth measurement: the impact on clothing design and body scanning|journal=Ergonomics|volume=60|issue=8|pages=1123–1136|doi=10.1080/00140139.2016.1251621|pmid=27764997|year=2017|s2cid=23758581|url=https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/33471}}</ref> the precision of 3D body scanner may or may not be high enough for industry tolerances,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Parker|first1=Christopher J.|last2=Gill|first2=Simeon|last3=Hayes|first3=Steven G.|title=3D Body Scanning has Suitable Reliability: An Anthropometric Investigation for Garment Construction|journal=Proc. Of 3DBODY.TECH 2017 – 8th Int. Conf. And Exh. On 3D Body Scanning and Processing Technologies|date=2017|pages=298–305|doi=10.15221/17.298|isbn=9783033064362}}</ref> and measurements taken may or may not be relevant to all applications (e.g. garment construction).<ref>{{cite book|last1=Gill|first1=Simeon|last2=Ahmed|first2=Maryam|last3=Parker|first3=Christopher J.|last4=Hayes|first4=Steven G.|title=Not All Body Scanning Measurements are Valid: Perspectives from Pattern Practice|journal=Proc. Of 3DBODY.TECH 2017 – 8th Int. Conf. And Exh. On 3D Body Scanning and Processing Technologies|date=2017|pages=43–52|doi=10.15221/17.043|isbn=9783033064362}}</ref> Despite these current limitations, 3D body scanning has been suggested as a replacement for body measurement prediction technologies which (despite the great appeal) have yet to be as reliable as real human data.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Januszkiewicz|first1=Monika|last2=Parker|first2=Christopher J.|last3=Hayes|first3=Steven G.|last4=Gill|first4=Simeon|title=Online Virtual Fit Is Not Yet Fit For Purpose: An Analysis Of Fashion e-Commerce Interfaces|journal=Proc. Of 3DBODY.TECH 2017 – 8th Int. Conf. And Exh. On 3D Body Scanning and Processing Technologies|date=2017|pages=210–217|doi=10.15221/17.210|isbn=9783033064362}}</ref>