Body Mass Index

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• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Garfield County guide aims to address obesity problem - Glenwood Springs Post Independent
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Msn.JPG"/>Calculate Body Mass Index
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Obesity: A risk factor that's risky to ignore - Montreal Gazette
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Weighed down by ill-health - The Sun Daily
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Study: Most obese moms, kids underestimate their weight - CNN
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Take it To Heart - KEYT
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Move over BMI, there's a new body fat measurement in town - FayObserver.com (blog)
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>'Overweight' Chinese show lowest death risk: study - AFP
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Better than a BMI? New obesity scale proposed - Reuters
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Hips don't lie with new way of calculating body fat - msnbc.com
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Humpty Dumpty for President! - Technorati

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Garfield County guide aims to address obesity problem - Glenwood Springs Post Independent Posted: 27 Mar 2011 10:53 PM PDT Garfield County guide aims to address obesity problem Glenwood Springs Post Independent Obesity is defined as a person whose weight is 20 percent or more than normal, or who has a body mass index of more than 30. (To calculate your body mass index, visit www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi) While overall obesity is at 19 percent, Latino adults have ... and more »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Msn.JPG"/>Calculate Body Mass Index Posted: 27 Mar 2011 03:16 AM PDT Calculate Body Mass Index – AnswersTV.com. Learn how to calculate body mass index. ... News

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Obesity: A risk factor that's risky to ignore - Montreal Gazette Posted: 26 Mar 2011 12:16 PM PDT Obesity: A risk factor that's risky to ignore Montreal Gazette Technically, people with a body mass index above 30 are considered obese; above 40, they are morbidly obese. (Body mass index is a calculation based on one's weight in kilograms divided by the square of one's height in metres.) But a high BMI alone ... and more »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Weighed down by ill-health - The Sun Daily Posted: 24 Mar 2011 09:39 PM PDT AFP Weighed down by ill-health The Sun Daily BMI is calculated by dividing weight in kilograms by height in metres squared (kg/m2). The second method to measure obesity requires the use of a Body Composition Analysis machine to calculate one's percentage of body fat. If you have a BMI of 30 or a ... Rep. McNamara says 30 percent of Rhode Island youth, 22 percent of adults, are ... PolitiFact all 21 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Study: Most obese moms, kids underestimate their weight - CNN Posted: 24 Mar 2011 04:36 AM PDT USA Today Study: Most obese moms, kids underestimate their weight CNN To find out if your child is obese, go to the CDC's body mass index calculator for children and teens. (Health.com) -- Roughly two-thirds of adults and one-third of children in the US are now overweight or obese. ... Save the Fat Kid, Smack the Parent: Mom Talk Patch.com all 90 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Take it To Heart - KEYT Posted: 23 Mar 2011 05:06 PM PDT Take it To Heart KEYT Keep your body mass index under 25. If you don't know your BMI, check out this easy to use calculator: http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/. * And if you and your doctor agree that you should change your lifestyle or take medications to reduce your heart ... and more »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Move over BMI, there's a new body fat measurement in town - FayObserver.com (blog) Posted: 16 Mar 2011 06:08 AM PDT Move over BMI, there's a new body fat measurement in town FayObserver.com (blog) Richard Bergman, of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, said in the story that BMI has its flaws, apparently. I can see that. Less accurate BMI is often measured by calculating the height and weight, then spitting out a body fat ... and more »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>'Overweight' Chinese show lowest death risk: study - AFP Posted: 07 Mar 2011 09:30 AM PST 'Overweight' Chinese show lowest death risk: study AFP BMI is not always an accurate measure of body fat, which is more closely tested by "measurements of skinfold thickness and waist circumference, calculation of waist-to-hip circumference ratios," the CDC said. and more »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Better than a BMI? New obesity scale proposed - Reuters Posted: 06 Mar 2011 08:16 PM PST Better than a BMI? New obesity scale proposed Reuters 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 ... A New Measure of Obesity; Body Adiposity Index (BAI) TopNews New Zealand all 23 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Hips don't lie with new way of calculating body fat - msnbc.com Posted: 03 Mar 2011 09:23 AM PST ThirdAge Hips don't lie with new way of calculating body fat msnbc.com While BMI is widely used and easy to calculate, it's not without flaws. For example, a lean but very muscular person might have a high BMI, designating that he or she is overweight, when in fact that's not the case. A new study presents an alternative ... Where BMI Fails, Researchers Suggest A New Measure of Body Fat TIME Dread the weigh-in? Researchers propose a new (scale-free) way to measure ... Baltimore Sun (blog) Obesity Scale Developed That Could Replace BMI ThirdAge Care2.com (blog)  - AOL Health  - New York Daily News all 101 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Humpty Dumpty for President! - Technorati Posted: 02 Mar 2011 12:27 PM PST Technorati Humpty Dumpty for President! Technorati If you calculate my BMI (Body Mass Index) as determined by the National Institute of Health, I am not just overweight I am OBESE (by one point, for the record). Throughout my childhood I was overweight, losing pounds periodically. ... and more »

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