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📢 文末扫码进裙，免费领取双语精读版 Time to Say Goodbye to the B.M.I.? The New York Times Health 6 Sep, 2024 | 1154 words | ★★ ★ ★ ☆ Move over, body mass index. Make room for roundness — to be precise, the body roundness index. The body mass index, or B.M.I., is a ratio of height to weight that has long been used as a medical screening tool. It is one of the most widely used health metrics but also one of the most reviled, because it is used to label people overweight, obese or extremely obese. The classifications have been questioned by athletes like the American Olympic rugby player Ilona Maher, whose B.M.I. of 30 technically puts her on the cusp of obesity. “But alas,” she said on Instagram, addressing online trolls who tried to shame her about her weight, “I’m going to the Olympics and you’re not.” Advocates for overweight individuals and people of color note that the formula was developed nearly 200 years ago and based exclusively on d
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