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What is the Body ‘Roundness’ Index?
Manage episode 444153216 series 2110567
Recent studies have found that the famous ‘Body Mass Index’ is a flawed system. Instead, we should be using a new measurement: the Body Roundness Index or BRI. Simply, the process calculates how round you are, with high and low scores being dangerous.
Joining Kieran to discuss is Diana Thomas from the US Military Academy in West Point, New York.
4960 episodes
Manage episode 444153216 series 2110567
Recent studies have found that the famous ‘Body Mass Index’ is a flawed system. Instead, we should be using a new measurement: the Body Roundness Index or BRI. Simply, the process calculates how round you are, with high and low scores being dangerous.
Joining Kieran to discuss is Diana Thomas from the US Military Academy in West Point, New York.
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