"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.

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,

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