Body Shape Index

Body Shape Index (BSI) is a metric for assessing the health implications of a given human body height, mass and waist circumference. The inclusion of the latter is believed to make the BSI a better indicator of the health risks from excess weight than the standard Body Mass Index.^[1][2]

According to the original article the formula for calculating aBSI is : $ABSI={WC \over {BMI^{{2 \over 3}}\times Height^{{1 \over 2}}}}$
Here WC (Waist circumference) and Height are measured in meters.

References

1. "Doctors expose BMI shortcomings". London Evening Standard. Evening Standard Limited. 2006-01-18. Retrieved 2013-09-12.
2. Krakauer, Nir Y.; Jesse C. Krakauer (2012-07-18). "A New Body Shape Index Predicts Mortality Hazard Independently of Body Mass Index". PLOS ONE. 7: e39504. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0039504. Retrieved 2013-09-12.

Notes

• Online BSI calculator