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Sunday, February 12, 2012

Body Mass Index


<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Stuffing the Belly Could Starve the Mind in Seniors - MedPage Today

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 01:02 PM PST


MedPage Today

Stuffing the Belly Could Starve the Mind in Seniors
MedPage Today
Geda and colleagues conducted multivariable logistic regression analyses, adjusting for age, sex, education, depression, apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotype, history of stroke, coronary artery disease, diabetes, and body mass index.
Overeating May Double Risk of Memory Loss: Study U.S. News & World Report

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<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Risk of breast cancer high in obese Indian women: Study - Daily Pioneer

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 10:40 AM PST


Risk of breast cancer high in obese Indian women: Study
Daily Pioneer
After evaluating the health data of 320 newly diagnosed cancer patients and health individuals each, a team of researchers found that the risk of breast cancer increased with increasing levels of Body Mass Index (BMI). BMI is the standard medical ...

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Tom Jekel: Time to check in on weight-loss progress - New Philadelphia Times Reporter

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 10:20 AM PST


Tom Jekel: Time to check in on weight-loss progress
New Philadelphia Times Reporter
I decided last week to check a body mass index (BMI) calculator online to see how close I was getting. Unfortunately, the answer was "not close enough." I started in Category 3 (no sense using the word "overweight" if you don't have to).

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Obese people feel more pain - Times of India

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 04:27 AM PST


Press TV

Obese people feel more pain
Times of India
Respondents indicated their height and weight, which researchers used to calculate body mass index (BMI), and also answered questions about pain, including whether they had "experienced pain much of the day yesterday." Results showed that, based on BMI ...
Chronic pain more common in overweight people Press TV

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<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>How shedding pounds could slash your health cover bills - This is Money

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 01:56 PM PST


This is Money

How shedding pounds could slash your health cover bills
This is Money
However, at 5ft 2in and 13 stones, her BMI was calculated at 34.2. This was enough to raise the combined cost of cover from £14.51 a month to £21.91 – an extra £1421 over the term. Body mass index is calculated by dividing your weight, in kilograms, ...

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Man is healthy despite weight - STLtoday.com

Posted: 10 Feb 2012 10:01 PM PST


Man is healthy despite weight
STLtoday.com
If people want to calculate their BMI, divide weight in pounds by height in inches squared, and multiply that number by 703. Waist measurement is another reliable criterion of health. For men, the waist should be less than 40 inches and for women less ...
Weight guidelines don't fit everyone Albany Times Union

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<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Overweight, but still healthy

Posted: 10 Feb 2012 09:12 PM PST

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I have serious doubts about judging weight and health. Everyone talks about the obesity epidemic, but no one speaks for those of us who are overweight by accepted standards but are still in good shape. I am 33. Since grade school, I...

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Weight-loss app for you and your doc - New York Daily News

Posted: 10 Feb 2012 09:13 AM PST


New York Daily News

Weight-loss app for you and your doc
New York Daily News
The app calculates your body mass index (BMI) while tracking weight, exercise, and nutrition with daily entries, which then can be emailed to your physician. While there is nothing all that outstanding in the app's technical capabilities, mobile health ...

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<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Ky. education officials approve plans to track students' body mass index, end ... - The Republic

Posted: 10 Feb 2012 12:38 AM PST


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Ky. education officials approve plans to track students' body mass index, end ...
The Republic
JANET CAPPIELLO AP In a nod to the growing problem of childhood obesity, the state Board of Education recently approved a proposal that would require schools to calculate and record a child's body mass index, which relates to body fat.
Ky. schools to track students' body mass index WPSD Local 6

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<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Study: Doctors' weights linked to diagnosis for patients - Daily Nebraskan

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 11:50 PM PST


Daily Bhaskar

Study: Doctors' weights linked to diagnosis for patients
Daily Nebraskan
Being "too skinny" or "too fat" has always come down to the number on the scale when a doctor is reading a patient's body mass index. However, a recent study led by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, linked patients' weight diagnosis ...
Black filmmaker debunks America's 'obesity crisis' The Grio
Altered Lifestyle Plus Anti-Obesity Drugs Are Effective Medical News Today
Two-Thirds of New Yorkers Are Overweight or Obese WGRZ-TV
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<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Dr. Oz's Challenge: 7 Steps to Lose Weight, Win $1 Million

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 02:08 PM PST

Dr. Mehmet Oz has announced the one millionth participant of his "transformation nation" weight loss challenge, which has a $1 million grand prize.

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Weight management, dieting and exercise - Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 03:22 AM PST


Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)

Weight management, dieting and exercise
Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
The line running through the middle signifies my numerical weight target (in pounds), which is a combined, simple formula of what the Body Mass Index (BMI) recommends plus what I am personally satisfied with through my own knowledge and/or experiences.

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