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Saturday, March 5, 2011

Body Mass Index


<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Be skinny and white!

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 12:55 PM PST

The "skinny and white" ideal pushed by ad agencies and Thai Airways is a health hazard and discriminates against many regions in the country. Two news items, unrelated, caught my interest this past week.

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Msn.JPG"/>Body mass index - Latest news, videos, and ...

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 09:23 AM PST

Latest news, videos, images of Body mass index ... Hips don't lie with new method of calculating body fat . If you've ever strived to achieve a healthy weight, chances are you ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>New Weight Measurement Tool Will Deliver More Accuracy and Perfection - TopNews United States

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 06:44 AM PST


TopNews United States

New Weight Measurement Tool Will Deliver More Accuracy and Perfection
TopNews United States
This new tool for measurement will be known as Body Adiposity Index (BAI). As per the inventors of BAI, it does the whole calculation depending on the height of the boy and measuring the hip as well. Compared to body mass index (BMI), BAI gives more ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Is There A Better Scale Than BMI? - Care2.com (blog)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 11:04 PM PST


Care2.com (blog)

Is There A Better Scale Than BMI?
Care2.com (blog)
The formula is simple: BMI = Height / Body Mass Squared. The resulting number is applied to a scale to determine if people are overweight, underweight, or just right. The calculation was intended to be used on a large population to assess the overall ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Msn.JPG"/>Calculate BMI | Calculate BMI (Body Mass Index)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 08:38 PM PST

Calculate BMI (Body Mass Index) The Most Advanced BMI Calculator ... Health News. Rights groups accuse Kenya of ... using height and weight gives you the Body mass index ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>New scale offers alternative to body mass index - ABC7Chicago.com

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 02:09 PM PST


New scale offers alternative to body mass index
ABC7Chicago.com
It's meant to offer a flexible alternative to body mass index, or BMI. BMI is a ratio of height and weight. But researchers reporting in the journal Obesity say there is too much wiggle room in that calculation. BAI is a complex ratio of hip ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Better than a BMI? New obesity scale proposed - Vancouver Sun

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 12:16 PM PST


Better than a BMI? New obesity scale proposed
Vancouver Sun
But there is a lot of wiggle room in that calculation. For example, women and men with the same BMI might have very different levels of extra flab. BMI numbers cannot be generalized across different ethnic groups or used with athletes, who have extra ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>New obesity index proposed, but further work needed - TheHeart.Org

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 08:40 AM PST


New obesity index proposed, but further work needed
TheHeart.Org
Los Angeles, CA - US researchers have developed a new index of adiposity that they say is a more accurate measure of body fat than the traditionally used body-mass index (BMI); the latter is calculated by dividing weight by height [1]. ...

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