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。体重指数（BMI）是1842年发明的，它只基于总体重和身高，并没有考虑到不同人的体型和体重分布的任何差异。BVI是一种技术解决方案，通过测量零件体积或重量分布，现在提供了这种机会。2022年，申请人提供了身体体积指数，作为NICE建议NHS采用腰高比的潜在解决方案。人工测量人群的腰围在规模上是不可能的，因此纳入BVI得到NICE的支持，因为经过验证的自动测量腰围不需要与人近距离接触；在COVID-19疫情期间，人与人之间必须保持距离，这一点非常重要。英属维尔京群岛在国民保健服务中的新应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，该合作旨在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，并提供有关成人和儿童的辅助和更全面的数据。目前使用BMI指数和其他人工测量方法来预测健康风险的NHS医疗服务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。由于最近NHS员工罢工导致决策延迟，该项目已延长一个月。

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.