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Should we ditch BMI and use the ‘body roundness index’ instead?

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par Alice Bullas, Senior Research Fellow, Sports Engineering Research Group, Sheffield Hallam University

Body mass index (better known as BMI) has long been used to get a quick and easy snapshot of a person’s body fat levels. To calculate someone’s BMI, you divide their weight in kilograms by their height in metres times itself. The resulting number is used to determine a person’s health risk.

Although there are far better ways of getting an accurate measure of a person’s body fat levels – such as using dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (Dexa) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) – these are very resource-intensive.…

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