The Body Volume Index (BVI) - Deployment of obesity solution for the NHS and WHO

身体体积指数 (BVI) - 为 NHS 和 WHO 部署肥胖解决方案

• 批准号: 10046629
• 金额: $ 5.98万
• 依托单位: SELECT SCANNING LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Grant for R&D
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10046629
• 关键词: Body; Volume; Index; BVI; Deployment

The Body Volume Index (BVI) is the new digital measurement solution for healthcare and obesity prevention. The Body Mass Index (BMI) was invented in 1842, and being based upon total weight and height only does not accommodate or allow for any variances in body shape and weight distribution between different people. BVI is a technical solution that does now offer that opportunity, by measuring part-volumes, or weight distribution.In 2022, the applicants provided the Body Volume Index as a potential solution to the recommendation of NICE to adopt Waist to Height ratio for the NHS. Manual measurement of the waist for the population was not possible at scale, so the inclusion of BVI was supported by NICE as the validated automatic measurement of the waist does not require close proximity to a person; important in the days of COVID-19 when distance between people is a necessity.This new use of BVI within the NHS is a consequence of the successful inclusion of BVI into a specific collaboration with WHO to establish a suitable framework for adoption and deployment of BVI on a wider basis, to provide ancillary and more comprehensive data on both adults and children. NHS Healthcare Providers and Scientists who currently use BMI and other manual measures for the prediction of health risk will now have additional data to combat obesity and better assess individual patient needs. The project has been extended by one month given delays in decision making owing to recent NHS staff strikes.

身体体积指数(BVI)是用于医疗保健和肥胖预防的新的数字测量解决方案。身体质量指数(BMI)发明于1842年，仅以总体重和身高为基础，不考虑或不考虑不同人之间的体型和体重分布的任何差异。BVI是一种技术解决方案，现在确实提供了这种机会，通过测量部分体积或体重分布。2022年，申请者提供了身体体积指数，作为NICE建议NICE为NHS采用腰围与身高比例的潜在解决方案。对人口的腰围进行人工测量是不可能的，因此NICE支持纳入BVI，因为经过验证的自动腰围测量不需要离人很近；在需要人与人之间的距离的新冠肺炎时代，这一点很重要。国民保健制度内BVI的这种新使用是成功将BVI纳入与世卫组织的具体合作的结果，目的是为在更广泛的基础上采用和部署BVI建立一个合适的框架，以提供关于成人和儿童的辅助和更全面的数据。目前使用BMI和其他手动方法预测健康风险的NHS医疗保健提供者和科学家现在将拥有更多数据，以对抗肥胖并更好地评估个别患者的需求。由于最近NHS工作人员罢工导致决策延误，该项目被延长了一个月。