According to doctors and dietitians, BRI may essentially be the same inaccurate measure in different clothing.

"Body roundness" could be a better measure than BMI at predicting how excess weight might affect a person's heart health, a new study finds.

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.

Researchers have found that measuring a person's 'body roundness index' is a more accurate predictor of obesity and health risk than BMI. Here's what you need to know about BRI.

A new metric called Body Roundness Index (BRI) is emerging as a more accurate measure of health risks compared to the traditional Body Mass Index (BMI).

Now the body roundness index (BRI), which measures how round you are by factoring in your height and waist but not weight, is gaining traction in Western clinical practices. BRI scores range between 1 and 15 with those measuring above 7 considered at a higher risk of developing chronic diseases.

"Rounder" participants were 163 percent more likely to develop heart disease in a Chinese study of adults over the age of 45.

Body roundness” could be a better measure than BMI at predicting how excess weight might affect a person’s heart health, a new study finds. People who developed a high Body Roundness Index during a six-year period had a 163% increased risk of heart disease,