For years, the Body mass index (BMI) It has been the health metric in which millions of us have set ourselves when it comes to determining the status of our health.
But now experts say we should focus on the ‘Body roundness index’ (BRI), which gives us A better fat indicator that more should worry: sagging around our vital organs.
BMI is a simple calculation that uses Your height and your weight To reveal if you are too big for your height.
On the contrary, the Bri is more complex and use a detailed formula of several stages to compare your height with the circumference of your waist.
The BRI score varies from 1 to 16, and most people have between 1 and 10. In any case, according to studies that have verified the measure, a healthy result It is between 4 and 7.
In the table On these lines you can calculate your bri based on your height and the circumference of your abdomen. You can also calculate it in this link of the Daily Mailin English.
While the BMI has been used for years, it has its defects. For example, you cannot distinguish between muscle and fat in the weight of people, so for example, the actor and exluchador Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson It is technically obese.
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