09/20/2024

What to Know about the Body Roundness Index

It's an alternative to BMI

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 prominence as a way of predicting one's health risk by taking into account more than just a person's height and weight, which are the sole factors used to determine BMI, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Here are five questions answered about BRI and why it's being used with increasing frequency.

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