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Health Update – A new metric, the Body Roundness Index (BRI), is gaining traction as a more accurate indicator of health risks compared to the traditional Body Mass Index (BMI).
The Body Mass Index, commonly abbreviated as BMI, calculates a person’s health based on a ratio of their height to weight. Despite its widespread use in health assessments, BMI has faced significant criticism for its inability to accurately reflect an individual’s health status, particularly in those with high muscle mass.
The limitations of BMI have become more apparent with individuals like Ilona Maher, an American Olympic rugby player. Despite a BMI of 30 placing her on the borderline of obesity, Maher is an elite athlete, demonstrating the metric’s inadequacies in properly evaluating physical fitness and health.
The Body Roundness Index, or BRI, offers a more focused measure by specifically assessing abdominal fat, which is directly linked to higher risks of serious health issues such as heart disease, cancer, and other conditions. This makes BRI potentially more relevant for medical evaluations than BMI.
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