Body roundness measure could be key to predicting cardiovascular disease risk, offering a new tool for assessing heart health ...

People who get all their weekly recommended exercise in one or two days are about as healthy as those who spread their ...

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

Sept. 26, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- "Body roundness" could be a better measure than BMI at predicting how excess weight might ...

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

Having a high body roundness index (BRI) over a 6-year period was associated with an increased risk of developing ...

Body roundness index — a measure to reflect abdominal body fat and height that some health care professionals believe better ...

The debate between BMI and BRI as health indicators continues, with BRI showing promise in predicting health risks.

More than 4 in 10 U.S. adults have obesity, putting them at risk of chronic conditions like high blood pressure, type 2 ...

A series of studies is now pointing to a different kind of measurement, the body roundness index, which incorporates ...

TikTok creators gain millions of views by sharing images of their faces looking slightly rounder or puffier than usual and describe what they did to get rid of their ‘cortisol face’ ...

While body mass index (BMI) has long been a go-to measure of a person’s health, used by doctors and health insurers alike, a new approach is ...