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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>FDA okays Lap-Band for less obese patients - OCRegister

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 05:55 PM PST


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FDA okays Lap-Band for less obese patients
OCRegister
Use this calculator to find out your own BMI. The FDA acted after a clinical trial involving 149 patients who were an average of 63 pounds overweight. A year after getting a Lap-Band, 125 of those patients had lost at least 19 pounds and 97 of them ...
FDA Approves Wider Use Of Allergan's Lap Band For Obesity Wall Street Journal

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Obesity increases risk for life-threatening illnesses

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 02:12 AM PST

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that medical costs associated with obesity in Wisconsin are $1.5 billion every year.

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>USDA looks to cut the fat in school lunches, schools look to make changes

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 05:10 AM PST

For decades many, students have been able to eat combinations such as French fries and pizza or chocolate milk and cake when they bought school lunch.

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>US Loses Its Fat Supremacy - LiveScience.com

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 07:58 AM PST


US Loses Its Fat Supremacy
LiveScience.com
The fattest industrialized nation is now the United Arab Emirates, with an average body-mass index (BMI, or a calculation based on height and weight that estimates a person's fatness) of 28.9, followed closely by Qatar at 28.5. Those with a BMI over 25 ...

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Health notes: Black-tie ball approaches

Posted: 21 Jan 2011 08:50 AM PST

A collection of health and wellness briefs from around the Northeast Valley.

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Msn.JPG"/>Obesity Rating for Every American Must Be Included in Stimulus ...

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 04:56 PM PDT

News. Politics; National; International; Culture; CNSNews TV. On the Spot; On the Scene ... regulation states that every American's electronic health record must: "Calculate body mass index.

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