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

身体体积指数（BVI）是用于医疗保健和肥胖预防的新型数字测量解决方案。身体质量指数（BMI）发明于1842年，仅基于总体重和身高，不适应或允许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，现在确实提供了这个机会，通过测量部分体积，或重量分布。在2022年，申请人提供了身体体积指数作为NICE建议的潜在解决方案，以采用NHS的腰围与身高比例。手动测量人群的腰围在规模上是不可能的，因此纳入BVI得到了NICE的支持，因为经验证的腰围自动测量不需要靠近人;在新冠肺炎肆虐的日子里，19当人与人之间的距离是必要的。这种在国民保健制度内对英属维尔京群岛的新使用是成功地将英属维尔京群岛纳入与世卫组织的具体合作的结果，建立一个适当的框架，以便在更广泛的基础上采用和部署英属维尔京群岛，提供关于成人和儿童的辅助和更全面的数据。目前使用BMI和其他手动测量来预测健康风险的NHS医疗保健提供者和科学家现在将有更多的数据来对抗肥胖并更好地评估个体患者的需求。该项目已延长一个月，因为最近的国民保健服务工作人员罢工造成决策延误。

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.