▁of ▁early ▁ 2 0 th - century ▁anth rop ometric ▁data ▁from ▁Ireland ▁show ▁that ▁the ▁ge ographical ▁pattern ing ▁of ▁body ▁proport ions ▁still ▁exhib its ▁traces ▁of ▁the ▁invas ions ▁by ▁the ▁English ▁and ▁Nor se ▁centuries ▁ago . ▁ ▁Similarly , ▁anth rop ometric ▁indices , ▁namely ▁comparison ▁of ▁the ▁human ▁stat ure ▁was ▁used ▁to ▁illustrate ▁anth rop ometric ▁tr ends . ▁This ▁study ▁was ▁conducted ▁by ▁J ör g ▁B aten ▁and ▁San de w ▁H ira ▁and ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁anth rop ological ▁found s ▁that ▁human ▁height ▁is ▁pred et erm ined ▁by ▁the ▁quality ▁of ▁the ▁nut r ition , ▁which ▁used ▁to ▁be ▁higher ▁in ▁the ▁more ▁developed ▁countries . ▁The ▁research ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁datasets ▁for ▁Southern ▁Chinese ▁contract ▁migr ants ▁who ▁were ▁sent ▁to ▁Sur in ame ▁and ▁Indones ia ▁and ▁included ▁ 1 3 , 0 0 0 ▁individuals . ▁ ▁Me as uring ▁instruments ▁▁ 3 D ▁body ▁sc ann ers ▁Today ▁anth rop ometry ▁can ▁be ▁performed ▁with ▁three - dimensional ▁sc ann ers . ▁A ▁global ▁collabor ative ▁study ▁to ▁examine ▁the ▁uses ▁of ▁three - dimensional ▁sc ann ers ▁for ▁health ▁care ▁was ▁launched ▁in ▁March ▁ 2 0 0 7 . ▁The ▁Body ▁Ben chmark ▁Study ▁will ▁investigate ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁three - dimensional ▁sc ann ers ▁to ▁calculate ▁volumes ▁and ▁segment al ▁volumes ▁of ▁an ▁individual ▁body ▁scan . ▁The ▁aim ▁is ▁to ▁establish ▁whether ▁the ▁Body ▁Volume ▁Index ▁has ▁the ▁potential