The 'Body Roundness Index' Is Touted As The New BMI — And It's Got A Big Problem
Huff PostTim Robberts via Getty Images ICYMI, determining someone’s health by checking their body mass index is … well, not it. “Both use body shape and weight to make big guesses about someone’s health status and disease risk, without looking at any other markers of health, metabolic syndrome or other diseases.” She believes health care providers still use BMI for two reasons: It’s simple and inexpensive. “We know that Black and Latino populations have higher rates of death due to health disparities, including the lack of access to timely and appropriate health care, leading to poorer health outcomes and premature death,” said Dr. Erikka Taylor, a double board-certified psychiatrist with the group Project HEAL who serves on the race, ethnicity and equity committee for the North Carolina Psychiatric Association. … There is a lot of data showing that poverty and limited access to education lead to worse health outcomes, including lack of access to care, delayed treatment and poor quality of care.” When it comes to the “roundness” part of BRI in particular, Wassenaar said that central adiposity reflects inflammation and trauma, and that no single number can measure someone’s health. “Focusing on the size of someone’s abdomen undermines the reality that body diversity has existed throughout time and a wide variety of bodies can have health,” she said.
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