The UH Cancer Center is studying how body shape information can improve health and lengthen lives by using 3D optical scanners and advanced statistical modeling.
Students from Kapiʻolani CC, UH Hilo and UH Mānoa turned in a strong performance at the 13th Annual HOSA—Future Health Professionals State Leadership Conference.
The study by UH Mānoa's Catherine Pirkle and Yan Yan Wu examined whether social and behavioral risk factors make certain groups more vulnerable to metabolic syndrome.