Predicting Waist Circumference From a Single Computed Tomography Image Using a Mobile App (Measure It): Development and Evaluation Study.

Abderrahmen Masmoudi Amine Zouari Ahmed Bouzid Kais Fourati Soulaimen Baklouti Mohamed Ben Amar Salah Boujelben

Published in: JMIRx med (2023)

This app is a simple and accessible mHealth tool to routinely measure WC as a valuable obesity indicator in clinical and research practice. A usability and validity evaluation among medical teams will be the next step before its use in clinical trials and multicentric studies.

Keyphrases

computed tomography
body mass index
clinical trial
healthcare
metabolic syndrome
type diabetes
insulin resistance
primary care
magnetic resonance imaging
positron emission tomography
weight loss
body weight
weight gain
physical activity
skeletal muscle