New research points to a better way to measure obesity than body mass index. Body mass index was first developed in 1832 and has been the standard way to estimate a person’s body fat since the 1980s.
A new study suggests there may be a better mathematical tool for determining potential health problems linked to body fat than the nearly 200-year-old Body Mass Index. The study, published in the ...
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 ...
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