Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine ...

While BMI considers only height and weight, BRI adds waist and hip circumference for a more precise picture of body composition. “BRI considers the fat held around the abdomen, which is linked to ...

The Body Roundness Index is a novel body composition measurement that is touted as being a more accurate alternative to Body Mass Index. In a large retrospective study of 33,000 US adults, researchers ...

A recently-published study suggests that a body "roundness" index may be a better measure of health than body mass index (BMI). The article, called "Body Roundness Index and All-Cause Mortality Among ...

While body mass index (BMI) has long been a go-to measure of a person's health, used by doctors and health insurers alike, a new approach is taking hold. Body roundness index, or BRI, is gaining ...

Body mass index (better known as BMI) has long been used to get a quick and easy snapshot of a person's body fat levels. To calculate someone's BMI, you divide their weight in kilograms by their ...

In the world of health metrics, BMI, or Body Mass Index, has long been the go-to measure for assessing obesity. But there's a new metric on the horizon: the Body Roundness Index, or BRI that some say ...

While body mass index (BMI) has long been a go-to measure of a person's health, used by doctors and health insurers alike, a new approach is taking hold. Body roundness index, or BRI, is gaining ...

"Body roundness" could be a better measure than BMI at predicting how excess weight might affect a person's heart health, a new study finds. People who developed a high Body Roundness Index during a ...

BRI compares your waistline to your height, giving a score somewhere between one and 20 For years, we’ve been told that BMI is the final word on whether or not someone can be deemed a healthy weight ...