Why ‘body roundness index’ could be the new BMI, and what it says about your health
The latest thinking is that quantifying the healthiness of our waistlines with a new “body roundness index” (BRI) might be a ...
Daily Mail1 个月
Forget BMI - a new 'roundness' measure predicts how much fat you have on the inside no ...
Imagine trying to work out if you are dangerously overweight without once hopping on to the bathroom scales. That's what a new method for determining body size aims to do, using a formula that ...
ScienceAlert on MSN13 天
Your Belly Fat Could Warn of Alzheimer's Decades Before Symptoms
A new study, led by researchers at Washington University in St. Louis, suggests the link between body fat and brain health is ...
verywellhealth on MSN8 天
BMI Is Outdated. A New Index Can Tell You More About Your Health
Body mass index (BMI) has long been considered flawed and imprecise. A newer metric, body roundness index (BRI) could be a ...
Watch out TOFIs! Your ‘thin’ look can hide worrying amounts of fat
Skinny people can be fat inside, say doctors, warning Indians that just weight or BMI is not an indicator of health ...
The Independent27 天
Is ‘fat but fit’ a real thing? Study says fitness better predictor of health than BMI
Rates of obesity, as estimated based on BMI, are rising in developed countries, even as weight-loss drugs are entering the market. But a new review of studies, published in the British Journal of ...