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body roundness index: a standalone construct

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Nutrition science

an index modeling the body as an ellipse from waist circumference and height, used to estimate body fat and visceral adipose tissue.

In nutrition science, body roundness index refers to an index modeling the body as an ellipse from waist circumference and height, used to estimate body fat and visceral adipose tissue. This meaning comes from Thomas (2013) in Obesity.[1]

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  1. Thomas, D. M., Bredlau, C., Bosy-Westphal, A., Mueller, M., Shen, W., Gallagher, D., Maeda, Y., McDougall, A., Peterson, C. M., Ravussin, E., & Heymsfield, S. B. (2013). Relationships between body roundness with body fat and visceral adipose tissue emerging from a new geometrical model: Body Roundness with Body Fat & Visceral Adipose Tissue. Obesity, 21(11), 2264-2271. https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.20408

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