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Sunday, April 10, 2011

Body Mass Index


<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Msn.JPG"/>The Best Way To Calculate Body Fat Percentage ...

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 05:51 AM PDT

The Best Way To Calculate Body Fat Percentage. Most people use their body mass index, or BMI, to calculate their body fat percentage. A BMI doesn't measure your actual ...

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Posted: 09 Apr 2011 10:00 AM PDT


Cut Out the Fat
Patch.com
The program kicks off with a heath assessment and a blood pressure screening, weight and height measurements, and a calculation of body mass index. "While the course is not customized for each participant, the assessments help us to make it more ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Getting ready for exercise - transPARENT (blog)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 11:22 AM PDT


Getting ready for exercise
transPARENT (blog)
Also, as another general rule, women should aim to maintain a healthy body weight with a body mass index (BMI) between 18.5 and 25. The BMI takes height into account in calculating normal values for body weight and there are numerous sites on the ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Weight, health, go hand in hand - Times and Transcript

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 02:13 AM PDT


Weight, health, go hand in hand
Times and Transcript
Our ideal BMI is between 19 and 25. Your BMI is calculated by the using the following formula: your weight in kilograms divided by your height in metres squared. Your can also go online to find a BMI calculator or chart. I talk to many people who feel ...

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Posted: 07 Apr 2011 07:51 AM PDT


PreCentral.net

New in the App Catalog for 06 April 2011
PreCentral.net
BMI Calculator by My Colleague, $1.99, by My Colleague Clinical Software. Enter heigh and weight to get the body mass index. Bubble Numbers, Free, by DS Effects. Add up bubble numberss to match the number at the top. Caveman, $1.99, by Mobile1UP. ...

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>High-normal weight teens at greater risk for heart disease - Jerusalem Post

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 06:37 PM PDT


Internal Medicine News Digital Network

High-normal weight teens at greater risk for heart disease
Jerusalem Post
BMI, calculated easily (free BMI calculator sites are on the Internet) as weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters, is a well-accepted indicator of normal weight, overweight and obesity. A BMI between 18.5 and 25 is considered ...
Adolescent Medicine Study Finds Adolescent BMI Predicts Young Adult Heart Disease Internal Medicine News Digital Network

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>BMI measures mistakenly sent home with Avon Lake students - Chronicle-Telegram

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 04:43 AM PDT


BMI measures mistakenly sent home with Avon Lake students
Chronicle-Telegram
But you may want to take those findings — and your next meal — with a grain of salt, because they're based on a calculation called the body mass index, or BMI. 1. The person who dreamed up the BMI said explicitly that it could not and should not be ...

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<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 ...

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<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


Los Angeles Times

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. ...
Weighed down by ill-health The Sun Daily
Rep. McNamara says 30 percent of Rhode Island youth, 22 percent of adults, are ... PolitiFact
Save the Fat Kid, Smack the Parent: Mom Talk Patch.com

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>More Than 1 in 5 Adults Obese in Metro Areas Nationwide - Gallup.com

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 05:11 AM PDT


More Than 1 in 5 Adults Obese in Metro Areas Nationwide
Gallup.com
Gallup tracks US obesity levels as part of the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, using Americans' self-reported height and weight to calculate Body Mass Index (BMI) scores. BMI scores of 30 or higher are considered obese. The 2010 metro area findings ...

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<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 ...

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