Childhood Obesity

Soft tissue facial morphology different in obese adolescents

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, April 19th, 2004

Results of a three-dimensional noninvasive assessment indicated that the soft tissue facial morphology in obese adolescents is different than that in nonobese adolescents.

"The number of obese adolescents is increasing in the Western society. For a deeper understanding of the mechanisms underlying this pathology, the quantitative characteristics of the facial soft tissues should also be investigated. The three-dimensional coordinates of 12 soft tissue facial landmarks were obtained by computerized digitizers in 11 male and 14 female adolescents aged 13 to 17 years, all with a body mass index larger than 30 kg/m² (mean 31.67 kg/m², SD 1.58),"...

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