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In 2023, the American Medical Association acknowledged that BMI is an “imperfect way to measure body fat.” And an English study from 2021, with a more diverse data set, found that current BMI ...

Facility uses cutting-edge tech that changes how metabolic health is assessed and its impact on heart disease. Read more at ...

For the longest time, the Body Mass Index (BMI) has been the go-to for evaluating body fat and health. However, while it’s ...

Background: Obesity is one of the major risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD), body roundness index (BRI) is more comprehensive in assessing fat distribution than traditional measurements.

determined by dividing their weight by the square of their height to estimate their amount of body fat. BRI can’t measure the amount of fat an individual has, nor can it measure a person’s mental or ...

The BMI is a measure known as the body mass index. It is a ratio of a person's height and weight and is used to estimate body ...