"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.

"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,