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ArticleAnatomical sciences education2026

Body habitus considerations in US anatomical body donation programs-Perspectives and practices from program guidelines.

Soph Myers-Kelley, Jenna Hagerty, Heidi Reis, Kerry Sewell, Sophie Orr, Maureen Helgren, Rebecca L Pearl, Marisa Langton, Malli Barremkala

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9 authors.

Soph Myers-KelleyLaupus Health Sciences Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4781-789X
Jenna HagertyDepartment of Medical Education, Thomas Jefferson University Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6203-1564
Heidi ReisLaupus Health Sciences Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0589-3106
Kerry SewellCollege of Health & Human Performance, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0405-3789
Sophie OrrDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4315-9014
Maureen HelgrenFrank H. Netter MD School of Medicine, Quinnipiac University, Hamden, Connecticut, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1875-0290
Rebecca L PearlDepartment of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions, Gainesville, Florida, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1996-0082
Marisa LangtonDrexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-2520-5608
Malli BarremkalaOakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Rochester, Michigan, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6211-5338

Funding

MUSCLE: MUsculoSkeletal Clinical Learning Experience Transdisciplinary Musculoskeletal Research Training ProgramT32AR079099 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI J. Kent Leach, Robert L. Randall · 2022 to 2026
$844k
NIAMS NIH HHS T32 AR079099
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many US body donation programs impose restrictions on donations based on body size. To examine the body habitus criteria related to body weight, height, proportion, and other size factors in United States body donation programs (USBDP), 127 USBDP publicly available websites listed by the University of Florida were reviewed. Since this study focuses on publicly available website information, it may not capture the characteristics of all programs. Eleven percent of the USBDP websites with public-facing criteria exclusively listed numeric restrictions, while 24.4% included both descriptive and quantitative (numeric) terminology. The majority of websites with public-facing criteria (90.6%) imposed a weight-related restriction, with 55.1% providing descriptive (i.e., non-numeric) terms. The most common body mass index (BMI) cutoff (30 kg/m

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AnatomyBody SizeTissue and Organ ProcurementTissue DonorsAdultBody Mass IndexBody WeightFemaleGuidelines as TopicHumansInternetMaleUnited Statesanatomical donor programsanatomyanatomy education

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PMID41188201
PMCPMC12748015

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