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Saturday, November 12, 2011

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<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>The 'slow calorie diet' is a quick way to slim: Eating faster gives you a ... - Daily Mail

Posted: 12 Nov 2011 05:12 PM PST


Daily Mail

The 'slow calorie diet' is a quick way to slim: Eating faster gives you a ...
Daily Mail
They found that people with a high body mass index (BMI) ate faster than those with a low BMI. There was also a significant gender difference that peaked at lunchtime, when men ate an average of 80 calories a minute while women consumed 52. ...

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<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Health fair's goal: Keep young children fit - Columbus Dispatch

Posted: 12 Nov 2011 10:22 AM PST


Columbus Dispatch

Health fair's goal: Keep young children fit
Columbus Dispatch
The young Madilyn had just stepped off a scale next to a table filled with nutritious snacks — including some dried veggie sticks — and in a moment her mother, Kristen Bobb, would hear from Gerber that her daughter indeed had a healthy body mass ...

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Diabetes and obesity, a lethal combination - MiamiHerald.com

Posted: 12 Nov 2011 10:04 AM PST


MiamiHerald.com

Diabetes and obesity, a lethal combination
MiamiHerald.com
In medical terms, obesity is not defined by the numbers on the scale but by Body Mass Index, which measures body fat, calculated by height and weight. A weight is considered normal with a BMI of between 18.5 and 24.9. Overweight persons have a BMI from ...

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<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>US panel recommends testing kids' cholesterol - DesMoinesRegister.com

Posted: 12 Nov 2011 02:05 AM PST


ABC News

US panel recommends testing kids' cholesterol
DesMoinesRegister.com
Review infants' family history of obesity and start tracking body mass index, or BMI, a measure of obesity, at age 2. The cholesterol check — a rite of passage for middle-age Americans — could soon become a standard test for children. ...
Doctors: Test all kids for cholesterol by age 11 Seattle Post Intelligencer
Panel recommends children get tested for cholesterol by age 11 abc7.com

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<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Obese monkeys lose weight on drug that limits blood to fat - Jerusalem Post

Posted: 11 Nov 2011 04:43 PM PST


ABC News

Obese monkeys lose weight on drug that limits blood to fat
Jerusalem Post
Body mass index (BMI) and abdominal circumference (waistline) also were reduced, while all three measures were unchanged in untreated control monkeys. Imaging studies also showed a substantial decrease in body fat among treated animals. ...
New drug could help obese patients lose tenth of their weight in just one month Telegraph.co.uk
Drug Kills Fat Cells in Obese Monkeys Fox News
Soon, pill to help obese lose weight in 1 month! Times of India
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<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>ACR: Steroids in Early RA Increase Body Fat - MedPage Today

Posted: 11 Nov 2011 12:00 PM PST


ACR: Steroids in Early RA Increase Body Fat
MedPage Today
After 12 months of therapy with glucosteroids, total body mass of patients increased from an average of 27 kg to 28.5 kg (P<0.05), the fat mass in their arms and legs increased from 11.5 kg to 12.2 kg (P<0.05), and the patients' body mass index ...

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&lt;img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/&gt;Big Belly Before Pregnancy May Mean Extra-Big Baby - Fox News

Posted: 11 Nov 2011 06:30 AM PST


Fox News

Big Belly Before Pregnancy May Mean Extra-Big Baby
Fox News
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 Health ...

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&lt;img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/&gt;University of Leicester study finds Asian BMI should drop - BBC News

Posted: 11 Nov 2011 04:03 AM PST


BBC News

University of Leicester study finds Asian BMI should drop
BBC News
Most GPs determine a person's ideal weight by calculating their body mass index (BMI). Prof Kamlesh Khunti, at the university, said BMI levels for patients who had links to the Indian sub-continent should be lowered because they had an increased risk ...
Experts recommend changes to obesity thresholds for South Asian patients Pulse

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&lt;img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/&gt;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 ...

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&lt;img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/&gt;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)

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&lt;img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/&gt;Weighty issues

Posted: 16 Oct 2011 03:42 AM PDT

Brendan Jones works on his ninja squat during a Ninjas in Training class Thursday in the Blue Water YMCA in Port Huron. Exercising can help your child burn off his or her unwanted calories.

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