Is Body Roundness Index (BRI) a better measure of your health risks?

Health By Sumit Jha Oct 07, 2024 Read the article

For decades, the Body Mass Index (BMI) has been the standard tool for assessing body fat and determining health risks associated with obesity.

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BMI’s limitations—such as its inability to account for fat distribution or distinguish between muscle and fat — have led researchers to explore more accurate alternatives.

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It doesn’t measure abdominal obesity, bone weight, or muscle mass, and it fails to recognise ethnic differences in body composition.

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"A person may have a normal BMI but still be metabolically unhealthy due to fat stored in the wrong areas,” said Dr Rajeev Jayadevan.

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What are these “wrong areas”? It generally refers to abdominal obesity, but this doesn’t just mean fat around the belly button

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Abdominal obesity involves visceral fat, or intra-abdominal fat, which accumulates within the abdominal cavity.

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Enter the Body Roundness Index (BRI), a new measurement that claims to better estimate body fat distribution, especially visceral fat.

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Body Roundness Index (BRI) is used to estimate body fat distribution based on height and waist circumference, as opposed to BMI, which only considers height and weight.

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