Body Mass Index

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• <img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Chicago filmmaker takes on diet industry in new documentary - Chicago Sun-Times
• <img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Schools Begin Screening Students' Heights, Weights - WLWT Cincinnati
• <img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Operating on Heavier Patients Can Be a Good Thing - OutpatientSurgery.net
• <img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Very-Low-Calorie Diet Improves Diabetic Heart Function - Medscape
• <img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Obese Ohio Child Taken from Parents, Placed in Foster Care
• <img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Wayne L. Westcott: Body fat testing is a key to good health - MPNnow.com
• <img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>'Fattest' women in Europe from UK - Insideireland.ie
• <img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Business Computer Applications (BCA) Receives ONC-ATCB Certification
• <img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Fighting Childhood Obesity: It's A Family Affair - NPR (blog)
• <img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Risk reduction Efforts to reduce radiation exposure increase as awareness grows - ModernHealthcare.com
• <img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Low BMI Linked to Alzheimer's and Death After Surgery - ABC News
• <img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Low BMI Associated With High 30-Day Postsurgical Mortality - Medscape

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Chicago filmmaker takes on diet industry in new documentary - Chicago Sun-Times Posted: 28 Nov 2011 04:21 PM PST Chicago filmmaker takes on diet industry in new documentary Chicago Sun-Times Roberts says by body mass index standards, actors Will Smith and Tom Cruise would be considered overweight or obese. | AP file Opening Friday at the Music Box Theater, 3733 N. Southport Darryl Roberts refuses ...

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Schools Begin Screening Students' Heights, Weights - WLWT Cincinnati Posted: 28 Nov 2011 03:03 PM PST Schools Begin Screening Students' Heights, Weights WLWT Cincinnati MONROE, Ohio -- To help ensure students stay healthy from an early age, Ohio school districts are offering optional testing for body mass index. The screening has started at Monroe Schools, but the results haven't been reported yet. ... and more »

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Operating on Heavier Patients Can Be a Good Thing - OutpatientSurgery.net Posted: 28 Nov 2011 01:35 PM PST OutpatientSurgery.net Operating on Heavier Patients Can Be a Good Thing OutpatientSurgery.net Patients with a low body mass index are at the highest risk of death following general or vascular surgery, according to an Archives of Surgery study. Individuals with a BMI less than 23.1 are twice as likely to die than patients with a BMI of 35.3 or ...

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Very-Low-Calorie Diet Improves Diabetic Heart Function - Medscape Posted: 28 Nov 2011 11:27 AM PST Indian Express Very-Low-Calorie Diet Improves Diabetic Heart Function Medscape Changes in body mass index (BMI) were also measured. Pericardial fat was quantified on 4-chamber images acquired with a turbo-field echo sequence. Left ventricular diastolic function was measured by using velocity mapping, and early (E) and atrial (A) ... Low-Cal Diet Cuts Fat Around Heart in Obese People: Study U.S. News & World Report Low-Cal, High-Gain for Diabetes Patients dailyRx MRI Shows Improved Heart Function after Low-Calorie Diet Diagnostic Imaging Express.co.uk  - ThirdAge  - Examiner.com all 35 news articles »

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Obese Ohio Child Taken from Parents, Placed in Foster Care Posted: 28 Nov 2011 10:08 AM PST An obese 8-year-old boy from Cleveland Heights, Ohio, has been removed from his parents' home for medical neglect, according to The Cleveland Plain Dealer. The child weighs more than 200 pounds; his mother has been charged with endangering her son's health. This is Ohio's first case of child protective services removing a child for being overweight.

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Wayne L. Westcott: Body fat testing is a key to good health - MPNnow.com Posted: 28 Nov 2011 09:48 AM PST Wayne L. Westcott: Body fat testing is a key to good health MPNnow.com The body mass index has received considerable attention lately, especially for identifying public school students who have excessive body weight. Typically referred to as BMI, the body mass index is calculated through height and weight measurements ... and more »

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>'Fattest' women in Europe from UK - Insideireland.ie Posted: 28 Nov 2011 06:51 AM PST Telegraph.co.uk 'Fattest' women in Europe from UK Insideireland.ie Obesity is calculated by using an individual's height and weight to find their body mass index (BMI). If a person's BMI is over a particular level they are classified as obese. Figures for the UK were based on data from England yet figures suggest the ... Heavy cost of obesity: you'll pay more for life cover Lifeinsurance.co.uk EU obesity report: slim, trim Romania… big, fat Britain Romania-Insider.com UK women are 'fattest in Europe' BBC News Daily Mail  - Health Insurance and Protection Magazine  - Medical News Today all 306 news articles »

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Business Computer Applications (BCA) Receives ONC-ATCB Certification Posted: 28 Nov 2011 05:55 AM PST Designation Enables BCA To Help Hospitals and Physicians Meet Government's Goal To Use EHR Technology Effectively ATLANTA - Business Computer Applications, Inc. (BCA) today announced that PEARL® EMR v 7.0 (initially certified on January 18, 2011) has received updated ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 EHR Module certification for the "Calculate and Submit Clinical Quality Measures" criterion by the ...

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Fighting Childhood Obesity: It's A Family Affair - NPR (blog) Posted: 27 Nov 2011 11:56 PM PST Fighting Childhood Obesity: It's A Family Affair NPR (blog) The children are all in the highest percentile for body mass index, or BMI. They've signed up with their parents, often at the urging of a pediatrician, for a six-month healthy eating and exercise boot camp. Gabriel Rodriguez, an 11-year-old, ... and more »

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Risk reduction Efforts to reduce radiation exposure increase as awareness grows - ModernHealthcare.com Posted: 27 Nov 2011 09:07 PM PST Risk reduction Efforts to reduce radiation exposure increase as awareness grows ModernHealthcare.com Several years ago, a physician at Scripps Health launched a pilot program that used a patient's body mass index to measure dose for a computed tomography scan. Using BMI to compute dose reduces the patient's radiation dose by up to 50% and ... and more »

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Low BMI Linked to Alzheimer's and Death After Surgery - ABC News Posted: 22 Nov 2011 04:35 AM PST ABC News Low BMI Linked to Alzheimer's and Death After Surgery ABC News Two new studies find that people with a low BMI are at greater risk of mortality and those with early stage Alzheimer's have a lower BMI. (Getty Images/age fotostock RM) Maintaining a low Body Mass Index, or BMI, ... Biomarkers for Alzheimer's Linked to Body Mass Index MedPage Today Is weight loss an early warning sign of Alzheimer's? CNN Presence of Alzheimer's Biomarkers, Low BMI Linked Doctors Lounge PsychCentral.com  - WebMD  - U.S. News & World Report all 66 news articles »

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Low BMI Associated With High 30-Day Postsurgical Mortality - Medscape Posted: 21 Nov 2011 04:22 PM PST The State Column Low BMI Associated With High 30-Day Postsurgical Mortality Medscape Few of these studies, however, were adjusted to assess BMI effect on mortality with consideration given to concurrent levels of risk contributed by 2 additional, independently calculated factors: overall existing per patient risk for mortality, ... Surgery Outcomes Better With Some Fat on the Bones MedPage Today Body mass index associated with short-term mortality rates following surgery Medical Xpress Underweight people at higher post-surgery risk: study Reuters USA Today  - TIME  - The State Column all 103 news articles »

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