Body Mass Index

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• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>An app a day - Malaysia Star
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Schools Using Sending BMI Grades Home - MyFox Chicago
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>New Advanced BMI Calculator Gives Users Overall Health Assessment - WebWire (press release)
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>BMI: One size does not fit all - Las Vegas Review-Journal
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Alternates to BMI test measure fat - Charleston Post Courier
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>BMI: Don't like your number? Read this - Los Angeles Times
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>'Unhealthy behaviors' spike health care costs, Thomson Reuters says in new ... - AnnArbor.com
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Msn.JPG"/>Body Mass Index (BMI) - Medindia - Medical/Health Website
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Feel younger with dynamic duo of greens and olive oil - Kansas.com
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Wrist Size May Predict Future Heart Risk in Kids - WebMD
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>BMI measures mistakenly sent home with Avon Lake students - Chronicle-Telegram

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>An app a day - Malaysia Star Posted: 23 Apr 2011 05:28 PM PDT Malaysia Star An app a day Malaysia Star "These days you don't even have to remember how to calculate your BMI (body mass index). There's an app to help you do that," says Dr Alan Teh, a consultant haematologist who writes similar applications for his PDA to help him with complex calculations ... and more »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Schools Using Sending BMI Grades Home - MyFox Chicago Posted: 20 Apr 2011 07:55 AM PDT San Francisco Chronicle (blog) Schools Using Sending BMI Grades Home MyFox Chicago The CDC uses the terms obese and overweight to label ranges weight that are greater than what is generally considered healthy for a specific height, based on a calculation called body mass index or BMI. The CDC labels adults with a BMI greater than 30 ... Should schools alert parents if kids are overweight? San Francisco Chronicle (blog) all 165 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>New Advanced BMI Calculator Gives Users Overall Health Assessment - WebWire (press release) Posted: 19 Apr 2011 06:42 AM PDT New Advanced BMI Calculator Gives Users Overall Health Assessment WebWire (press release) The advanced BMI Calculator on www.calculate-bmi.com has been updated to give users a better, more informational overall snapshot of their health and fitness state. Prefr Interactive Media LLC, the operator of the calculator, reports that the previous ... and more »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>BMI: One size does not fit all - Las Vegas Review-Journal Posted: 19 Apr 2011 03:12 AM PDT BMI: One size does not fit all Las Vegas Review-Journal For the past decade, the body mass index has become a go-to for doctors and patients as a primary, or at least baseline, indication for whether a person should take a hard look at lifestyle changes or even surgery to lose weight. The calculation can ... and more »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Alternates to BMI test measure fat - Charleston Post Courier Posted: 18 Apr 2011 09:11 PM PDT Alternates to BMI test measure fat Charleston Post Courier Increasingly, more health talk is zeroing in on the dangers of fat around the abdomen, aka "visceral fat," and waist size, which the BMI doesn't calculate. I lamented the failings of the BMI on Twitter a few weeks ago, and someone tweeted back that ... and more »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>BMI: Don't like your number? Read this - Los Angeles Times Posted: 18 Apr 2011 06:01 AM PDT BMI: Don't like your number? Read this Los Angeles Times And although I can't fix the calculator, I can tell you there's a growing debate over how good the body-mass index is as a predictor of an individual patient's health prospects. There's an inside joke often told at conferences convened to discuss the ... and more »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>'Unhealthy behaviors' spike health care costs, Thomson Reuters says in new ... - AnnArbor.com Posted: 14 Apr 2011 08:35 AM PDT 'Unhealthy behaviors' spike health care costs, Thomson Reuters says in new ... AnnArbor.com The company today introduced a new annual calculation called the Thomson Reuters Workforce Wellness Index to track health care costs associated with six key factors: body mass index, blood pressure, cholesterol, blood glucose and tobacco and alcohol ... and more »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Msn.JPG"/>Body Mass Index (BMI) - Medindia - Medical/Health Website Posted: 14 Apr 2011 08:31 AM PDT Body Mass Index (BMI) Calculating BMI ... News on Body Mass Index: Brit Young Women Not Concerned About Obesity

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Feel younger with dynamic duo of greens and olive oil - Kansas.com Posted: 12 Apr 2011 12:18 PM PDT Feel younger with dynamic duo of greens and olive oil Kansas.com Now that the National Institutes of Health have set a new ideal BMI range — 20 to 24.9 — we'd like to explain why this magic mass number sometimes can steer you wrong — or right, if you use the BMI calculator at www.RealAge.com. ... and more »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Wrist Size May Predict Future Heart Risk in Kids - WebMD Posted: 12 Apr 2011 03:13 AM PDT Los Angeles Times Wrist Size May Predict Future Heart Risk in Kids WebMD April 11, 2011 -- Measuring an overweight child's wrist size appears to be a better predictor of diabetes and heart risk than calculating body mass index, new research suggests. Wrist size was strongly correlated with insulin ... Insulin Resistance Linked To Wrist Size In Obese Children ThirdAge all 66 news articles »

<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 ... and more »

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