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Thursday, January 12, 2012

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<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Protein vs. Calories for Weight Loss - CBS42

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 05:58 PM PST


Protein vs. Calories for Weight Loss
CBS42
The participants ranged in age from 18 to 35 with a body mass index between 19 and 30. Volunteers participated in three protein diet groups: low, normal, and high. The first participant was admitted to the impatient metabolic unit in June 2005 and the ...

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<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>UK Body Recommends Lilly, Amylin Diabetes Drug Bydureon - Wall Street Journal

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 04:20 PM PST


UK Body Recommends Lilly, Amylin Diabetes Drug Bydureon
Wall Street Journal
In final guidance, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, or NICE, said the injectable medicine, known generically as exenatide, could be given in combination with certain other drugs in obese patients with a body mass index above ...

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<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Most Models Meet Criteria for Anorexia, Size 6 Is Plus Size: Magazine - ABC News (blog)

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 04:05 PM PST


Metro

Most Models Meet Criteria for Anorexia, Size 6 Is Plus Size: Magazine
ABC News (blog)
Most runway models meet the body mass index criteria for anorexia, according to an editorial pictorial in the January issue of PLUS Model magazine. Twenty years ago, the average fashion model weighed 8 percent less than the average woman. ...
PLUS Model Magazine: Most runway models meet BMI criteria for anorexia Metro
PLUS Model Magazine's Katya Zharkova cover highlights body image in the ... Daily Mail
Plus size magazine says most fashion models have anorexic BMI AOL Lifestyle UK
Philadelphia Inquirer (blog)  - VIBE Vixen  - BlissTree
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<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Do You Like Fatty Foods? Study Finds You Can Blame Your Genes, Taste Buds - Geekosystem

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 12:53 PM PST


Washington University in St. Louis News

Do You Like Fatty Foods? Study Finds You Can Blame Your Genes, Taste Buds
Geekosystem
The researchers conducted the study using a group of people who with a body mass index of 30 — a BMI that is considered obese. A few of the participants had a variant that led their bodies to produce more CD36 than normal, whereas other patients ...
Receptor for tasting fat identified in humans (w/ Audio) Medical Xpress

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<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Are Americans Getting Healthier? - Wall Street Journal (blog)

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 12:27 PM PST


Are Americans Getting Healthier?
Wall Street Journal (blog)
In turn, the polling firm calculated their body mass index and categorized subjects as underweight, normal weight, overweight or obese. Here's how the categories break down: A BMI of 30 or higher is obese; BMI of 25 -29.9 is overweight, 18.5-24.9 is ...
Gallup: Percentage of obese Americans falls Food Business News (registration)

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<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Is BMI Ever TMI?

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 11:43 AM PST

As you read this, somewhere in a gym in a school in Georgia, a student may be stepping onto a scale -- backward -- to comply with state law.

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Is BMI Ever TMI? - WCVB-TV

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 11:28 AM PST


Is BMI Ever TMI?
WCVB-TV
Georgia is one of the latest states to mandate that schools track fitness levels and calculate body mass index (BMI) in an effort to combat childhood obesity, and provide parents with reports on their students' physical composition and fitness. ...

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<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Tipping The Scales: Kids Forced to Weigh in at School

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 10:21 AM PST

(CNN) -- As you read this, somewhere in a gym in a school in Georgia, a student may be stepping onto a scale - backward - to comply with state law. Georgia is one of the latest states to mandate that schools track fitness levels and calculate body mass index (BMI) in an effort to combat childhood obesity, and provide parents with reports on their students' physical composition and fitness.

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Body-Mass Index A Poor Indicator of Health, Say Researchers - Your-Story.org (press release)

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 01:24 AM PST


Body-Mass Index A Poor Indicator of Health, Say Researchers
Your-Story.org (press release)
A recent McMaster University study offers evidence that Body Mass Index (BMI) may be a misleading measure of health. Some ethnic groups are more likely to be adding dangerous visceral fat onto their internal organs when they gain weight, while others ...

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

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 12:11 AM PST

1/12/2012 - TRALA-Supported Virginia Legislation Addresses Motor Vehicle Rental Tax Delegate James Massie (R-Henrico) has introduced Virginia legislation, sponsored by the Truck Renting and Leasing Association , that would limit the types of revenue taxed under the commonwealth's 10% motor vehicle rental tax....

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