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Monday, February 21, 2011

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Mature Matters: Diet and aging - Irish Independent

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 03:53 AM PST


Mature Matters: Diet and aging
Irish Independent
Are you underweight? The ideal is to have a body mass index (BMI) of between 18 and 25. Your BMI is a measure of your weight for your individual height. You can calculate your own BMI. Here's an example. A woman who weighs 70kg (1kg is 2.2lbs) and is ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Caring for obese patients poses daunting challenges - Montreal Gazette

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 11:26 PM PST


Caring for obese patients poses daunting challenges
Montreal Gazette
According to Statistics Canada, 24 per cent of the adult population aged 20 to 69 -5.3 million people -are obese, with a body mass index, or BMI, of 30 or more. Doctors are reporting a rise in the "super obese," people with a BMI in the 50s and 60s, ...

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>If only I had the willpower of wintertime joggers

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 09:14 PM PST

I've started noticing an increase. They're everywhere. "No, just water for me, please." "Ran five miles today!" "Actually, can I have an apple instead of chips?"

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>The Editor's View - Parkes Champion-Post

Posted: 13 Feb 2011 02:58 PM PST


Health Talk & You

The Editor's View
Parkes Champion-Post
Currently we simply take the height and weight of a person to calculate their Body Mass Index (BMI). According to this formula, Australian Wallabies prop Benn Robinson would be "obese" with a BMI of 33.7, simply because muscle weighs more than fat. ...
American obesity is still on the rise Examiner.com

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