Body Mass Index

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• <img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Big belly before pregnancy may mean extra-big baby - Reuters
• <img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Report: Only 1 in 3 LA Kids Pass Aerobic Test - KATC Lafayette News
• <img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Losing weight may help people combat gum disease - AHN | All Headline News
• <img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Childhood obesity presents 'a significant challenge' - School Days
• <img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Growing Body Of Research Links Eating Rate, Food Intake And Body Weight - Dr. Cutler
• <img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Home Health Testing Site Announces Free Fat Loss Monitor Giveaway - PR Web (press release)
• <img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>New drug could help obese patients lose tenth of their weight in just one month - Telegraph.co.uk
• <img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Bigger Isn't Better
• <img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>South Asians need to revisit obesity cut-offs - Times of India
• <img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Data Affirms Long Term Benefit of Adding L-methylfolate to An Antidepressant ... - MarketWatch (press release)
• <img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Weighty issue - Scotsman
• <img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Study touts new way to spot babies at risk for obesity but experts advise against infant diets
• <img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Study touts new way to spot babies at risk for obesity
• <img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Half of Germans Are Obese and Overweight

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Big belly before pregnancy may mean extra-big baby - Reuters Posted: 10 Nov 2011 04:21 PM PST Reuters Big belly before pregnancy may mean extra-big baby Reuters That was with the mother's pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) -- a measure of weight in relation to height -- taken into account. "We know that total body fat is associated with pregnancy outcome," senior researcher Dr. Gordon CS Smith told Reuters ... and more »

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Report: Only 1 in 3 LA Kids Pass Aerobic Test - KATC Lafayette News Posted: 10 Nov 2011 08:55 AM PST Report: Only 1 in 3 LA Kids Pass Aerobic Test KATC Lafayette News Additionally, Body Mass Index (BMI) data was gathered from students, which is a measurement of a student's weight in relation to their height and serves as an indicator of an individual's risk for certain health-related diseases, such as cardiovascular ... and more »

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Losing weight may help people combat gum disease - AHN | All Headline News Posted: 10 Nov 2011 05:08 AM PST Aaj Ki Khabar Losing weight may help people combat gum disease AHN | All Headline News Half of the participants with a body mass index of 39 had gastric bypass surgery and had fat cells from the abdomen removed. This half did better in fighting their gum disease than a control group of people with a lower BMI of 35, who were also treated ... Slim people fight gum disease better Times of India Lose the fat and improve the gums, dental researchers find PhysOrg.com Losing fat may improve gums Newstrack India all 19 news articles »

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Childhood obesity presents 'a significant challenge' - School Days Posted: 10 Nov 2011 04:48 AM PST FOX 9 News Childhood obesity presents 'a significant challenge' School Days This is the finding of a new report from the Growing Up in Ireland study that found 26 per cent of nine-year-olds in the country have a body mass index (BMI) outside the healthy range - with seven per cent defined as obese. BMI is calculated by ... Fewer CA kids overweight, but Bay Area struggles San Francisco Chronicle California Making Headway in Battle Against Childhood Obesity but Study Shows ... MarketWatch (press release) Kenya: There Is More to the Kilos Than Just Calories and a Sedentary Lifestyle AllAfrica.com Forbes  - Monterey County Herald  - Patch.com all 180 news articles »

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Growing Body Of Research Links Eating Rate, Food Intake And Body Weight - Dr. Cutler Posted: 10 Nov 2011 01:59 AM PST Dr. Cutler Growing Body Of Research Links Eating Rate, Food Intake And Body Weight Dr. Cutler In a second study, the team discovered that people who have higher body mass indices tended to eat faster than individuals with lower scores. Furthermore, whole grains, which are more fibrous, required subjects to chew their food more slowly. ... Eating slowly associated with lower caloric intake Examiner.com The Weight Loss Trick That Has to do With How—Not How Much—You Eat Cosmopolitan Men and heavy people may outpace women and slim people in eating speed Los Angeles Times allvoices  - CalorieLab Calorie Counter News  - International Business Times AU all 26 news articles »

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Home Health Testing Site Announces Free Fat Loss Monitor Giveaway - PR Web (press release) Posted: 10 Nov 2011 12:40 AM PST Home Health Testing Site Announces Free Fat Loss Monitor Giveaway PR Web (press release) HomeTest4.com, a site that specializes in information about home health testing, is running a contest to give away a free body mass index calculator to a lucky winner. Following the launch of their website, HomeTest4.com announced that they would be ... and more »

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>New drug could help obese patients lose tenth of their weight in just one month - Telegraph.co.uk Posted: 09 Nov 2011 11:16 PM PST ABC News New drug could help obese patients lose tenth of their weight in just one month Telegraph.co.uk Obese rhesus monkeys lost on average 11 per cent of their body weight after four weeks of the experimental treatment. Body mass index (BMI) and waistline also were reduced, while all three measures were unchanged in untreated control monkeys. ... Drug Kills Fat Cells in Obese Monkeys Fox News Soon, pill to help obese lose weight in 1 month! Times of India Arrowhead Obesity Drug Shows Promise in Study Fox Business ABC News  - Daily Mail  - ThirdAge all 174 news articles »

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Bigger Isn't Better Posted: 09 Nov 2011 09:37 PM PST WHEELING - A new study says rapid growth in infants can lead to babies becoming obese later. But a local pediatrician, Dr. Mark Wilson, doesn't believe parents should start putting their 9 and 10-month-olds on diets. The study titled "Crossing Growth Percentiles in Infancy and Risk of Obesity in Childhood Babies" was published in Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. According to the ...

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>South Asians need to revisit obesity cut-offs - Times of India Posted: 09 Nov 2011 03:02 PM PST MedIndia South Asians need to revisit obesity cut-offs Times of India A new study says the conventional definition of obesity - a body mass index or BMI of 30 kg/m2 - should not be applied for South Asians for whom the count should be between 23-28 kg/m2. BMI, calculated as weight (kg) divided by height, ... South Asians Need to Rephrase Obesity Cut-Offs News Tonight Conventional definition of obesity needs to be lowered in migrant South Asians News-Medical.net Call for obesity levels of South Asians to be re-assessed Diabetes.co.uk TruthDive all 11 news articles »

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Data Affirms Long Term Benefit of Adding L-methylfolate to An Antidepressant ... - MarketWatch (press release) Posted: 09 Nov 2011 08:01 AM PST Data Affirms Long Term Benefit of Adding L-methylfolate to An Antidepressant ... MarketWatch (press release) Obese patients, defined as having a Body Mass Index (BMI) greater than or equal to 30, receiving Deplin(R) (L-methylfolate 15mg) and an antidepressant experienced a significantly greater reduction in depression scores (reduction in HDRS-17 scores of ... and more »

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Weighty issue - Scotsman Posted: 08 Nov 2011 04:17 PM PST AARP News (blog) Weighty issue Scotsman Surely it should now be incumbent upon all doctors and health workers, irrespective of their own embarrassment about telling obese people that they are obese, to provide medical advice to such patients when the BMI (Body Mass Index) of the patient is ... What's Your BMI? Why Does It Matter? AARP News (blog) all 2 news articles »

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Study touts new way to spot babies at risk for obesity but experts advise against infant diets Posted: 07 Nov 2011 06:00 PM PST In this photo taken Oct. 3, 2011, Dr. Claire McCarthy looks down as an infant�s growth is measured during a check-up at Children�s Hospital Boston.

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Study touts new way to spot babies at risk for obesity Posted: 07 Nov 2011 05:32 PM PST Researchers say there's a new way to tell if infants are likely to become obese later on: Check to see if they've passed two key milestones on doctors' growth charts by age two.

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Half of Germans Are Obese and Overweight Posted: 27 Oct 2011 08:49 AM PDT Half of German adults are obese (13.7%) and overweight (36.4%), similar to the percentage in the U.K., but significantly less than the percentage in the U.S. Obese Germans are more than six times as likely as those who are normal weight and underweight to have diabetes.

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