Shape Up! Studies

Exploring how 2D and 3D images of the body can address and improve our understanding of metabolic disease, obesity, and their relationships to cancer.

The Shape Up! Studies use advanced body-imaging technology to develop methods for using body shape to assess overall health — across three studies covering different life stages.

The three studies

Shape Up! Keiki

★ Actively enrolling

Ages 0–5. Helps families learn about their children's health while researchers develop new ways to measure body shape.

Visit duration: ~5 hours

Keiki participant FAQ →

Shape Up! Kids

Closed to new participants

School-aged children. Includes strength tests and blood draws alongside body-composition scans.

Visit duration: ~3 hours

Shape Up! Adults

Closed to new participants

Adults — adds blood draw and MRI scan to the Kids protocol.

Visit duration: ~2 hours

For participants For researchers All scans & tests

Procedures

All three studies include questionnaires, body measurements, DXA, BIA, and 3D optical scans.

Cohort	Adds
Keiki	Urine / saliva
Kids	Urine / saliva, strength tests, blood draw
Adults	Blood draw, MRI scan

News, publications, and tools

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