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Sunday, January 8, 2012

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<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>'Obesity' a dirty word when discussing body weight: study - Montreal Gazette

Posted: 08 Jan 2012 06:20 PM PST


Sydney Morning Herald

'Obesity' a dirty word when discussing body weight: study
Montreal Gazette
And the heaviest weight classes are growing the fastest: The proportion of adults falling into extreme, or Class 3 obesity, meaning a body mass index of 40 or more, has increased threefold, from 0.9 per cent of the population in 1978-79, ...
Childhood obesity ads drawing fire Gainesville Times
Weigh children more: doctors Sydney Morning Herald
Children who shall inherit the girth Scotsman
Myall Coast Nota
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<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>The leaning tower... of Pizza Hut's salad bar: Diner devises 3ft pile to get ... - Daily Mail

Posted: 08 Jan 2012 04:40 PM PST


Daily Mail

The leaning tower... of Pizza Hut's salad bar: Diner devises 3ft pile to get ...
Daily Mail
Brian Wansink and colleagues at the Food and Brand Laboratory at Cornell University noticed that people with a high body mass index (BMI) – a measure of obesity - sit on average 16ft closer to a buffet than those with an average BMI. ...

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<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Government/Regulations: Related News

Posted: 08 Jan 2012 01:54 PM PST

1/6/2012 - NY Crossover Mirror Law Effective Friday, Jan. 13 A New York law requiring trucks to have crossover mirrors will go into effect next Friday, Jan. 13....

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Montclair To Assess…Your Weight - Baristanet

Posted: 08 Jan 2012 05:54 AM PST


Baristanet

Montclair To Assess…Your Weight
Baristanet
BY Liz George | Sunday, Jan 08, 2012 8:48am | COMMENTS (9) Montclair Health Department, in the first of its winter/spring screenings, will tell you if you are underweight, normal, overweight or obese, by determining your BMI, or Body Mass Index, ...

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Nursing workforce development gets support - PennLive.com

Posted: 08 Jan 2012 04:45 AM PST


Nursing workforce development gets support
PennLive.com
Their Body Recreation Program offers 10 sessions for $700 to help people through the roadblocks they hit in lowering their Body Mass Index, or reducing their waist measurements. Currently Femtique's services are not covered by health insurance, ...

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<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Dukan diet founder's students proposal provokes uproar - Telegraph.co.uk

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 07:30 AM PST


Telegraph.co.uk

Dukan diet founder's students proposal provokes uproar
Telegraph.co.uk
By Henry Samuel, in Paris A book out today (Thurs) proposed higher marks for those who managed to maintain an acceptable Body Mass Index (BMI), a measure of body fat based on height and weight. Pupils would be set an "ideal weight" in final year ...
Give slim kids higher marks, says French diet guru Reuters
Tying school grades to body weight goes too far The Province
The Saturday interview: Dukan diet creator Pierre Dukan The Guardian
AFP  - The Connexion
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<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Overall Fatness, Not Just BMI, Weight, for Measuring Obesity? - Medical News Today

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 02:09 AM PST


Moneycontrol.com

Overall Fatness, Not Just BMI, Weight, for Measuring Obesity?
Medical News Today
Experts commenting in the same issue of the journal say this means in tackling obesity we need to focus on people's overall fatness and not just body mass index or body weight. Lead author George A. Bray, of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in ...
Diets Differ in Effect on Weight Gain and Fat and Lean Mass Forbes
When overeating, calories, contribute to high body fat Jerusalem Post
New Ways Calories Can Add Up to Weight Gain Wall Street Journal
WebMD  - MedPage Today  - Fox News
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<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Health Department: More than half of county adults are overweight or obese

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 09:50 PM PST

McHenry County health officials want to put the county's growing overweight population on a diet.

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Forget the scale: the 5 numbers that really impact your health

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 01:19 PM PST

For the good of your health, there are certain numbers you need to keep an eye on, Dave McGinn writes. It all boils down to cholesterol level, time spent exercising; blood pressure, resting heart rate and BMI

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