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2. Body mass index - Wikipedia

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   This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 12 December 2024. Relative weight based on mass and height Medical diagnostic method Body mass index (BMI) Chart showing body mass index (BMI) for a range of heights and weights in both metric and imperial. Colours indicate BMI categories defined by the World Health Organization ; underweight, normal ...

3. Vital signs - Wikipedia

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   Most have a normal body temperature set point that falls within the range of 36.0 to 37.5 °C (96.8 to 99.5 °F). [13] The main reason for checking body temperature is to solicit any signs of systemic infection or inflammation in the presence of a fever. Fever is considered temperature of 37.8 °C (100.0 °F) or above. [13]

4. Body roundness index - Wikipedia

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   Body roundness index (BRI) is a calculated geometric index used to quantify an aspect of a person's individual body shape. Based on the principle of body eccentricity , it provides a rapid visual and anthropometric tool for health evaluation.

5. Is the Body Roundness Index the New BMI? What it Says ... - AOL

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   The Body Roundness Index is similar to the Body Mass Index, but relies on more anthropometric variables. The BRI which was first proposed in 2013 , uses height, weight, waist circumference, and ...

6. BMI vs. BRI: Why body roundness may be a better ... - AOL

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   The body mass index (BMI) considers the height-weight relationship as a health indicator, while the body roundness index (BRI) measures abdominal body fat and height. BMI has often been criticized ...

7. BMI has its flaws. Is the ‘body roundness index’ any better?

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   New research points to a better way to measure obesity than body mass index. Body mass index was first developed in 1832 and has been the standard way to estimate a person’s body fat since the ...

8. Waist-to-height ratio - Wikipedia

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   Body mass index – Relative weight based on mass and height (Total mass divided by the square of height) Body roundness index – Body scale based on waist circumference and height; Body shape – General shape of a human body; Body shape index – Human health index (Waist circumference compared to its allometric average)

9. What to know about body roundness index, an alternative to BMI

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   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 taking hold. Body roundness index, or BRI, is gaining ...