Body Mass Index

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• <img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Do Teen Weight Loss Programs Work Better Without Mom or Dad?
• <img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Americans Prefer Eating at Home But Still Don't Cook and Don't Eat More Healthily - Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
• <img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Bariatric surgery center changes lives - Statesman Journal
• <img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>3 women take up the Go Red BetterU Challenge to improve their heart health - Indianapolis Star
• <img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Wood researchers: active kids do better academically - Charleston Gazette
• <img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Schools Starting to Track BMI [Health & Fitness] - Louisville.com
• <img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Healthy BMI, or 'skinny fat' - New Philadelphia Times Reporter
• <img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Making sense of your child's health numbers - CNN (blog)
• <img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Changes in the Association Between Body Mass Index and Medicare Costs, 1997-2006 - Archives of Internal Medicine
• <img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Regulation To Allow Schools To Track Students' BMI - WLKY Louisville
• <img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Ky. schools to track students' body mass index - NECN

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Do Teen Weight Loss Programs Work Better Without Mom or Dad? Posted: 19 Feb 2012 02:58 PM PST A new weight-loss study focusing on teenage girls finds that they may be more likely to eat healthy and exercise if they're given the freedom to do it on their own.

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Americans Prefer Eating at Home But Still Don't Cook and Don't Eat More Healthily - Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) Posted: 19 Feb 2012 01:00 PM PST Americans Prefer Eating at Home But Still Don't Cook and Don't Eat More Healthily Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) The ERS study also found that Americans who adhered predominantly to "secondary eating patterns" had on average a higher Body Mass Index (BMI) than those who kept mostly to "primary eating patterns" by setting time aside for their meals. and more »

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Bariatric surgery center changes lives - Statesman Journal Posted: 19 Feb 2012 03:15 AM PST Bariatric surgery center changes lives Statesman Journal To be a candidate for bariatric surgery at Salem Hospital, a patient must have a body mass index (BMI) of at least 40, and be at least 21 years old. A BMI of 35-40 may be considered if "co-morbidities," or other associated illnesses, are present. and more »

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>3 women take up the Go Red BetterU Challenge to improve their heart health - Indianapolis Star Posted: 18 Feb 2012 11:55 PM PST WTNH 3 women take up the Go Red BetterU Challenge to improve their heart health Indianapolis Star >>Six not-so-obvious heart disease risk factors are: Your mother's body mass index (BMI) when she was pregnant; post-traumatic stress disorder; depression; rheumatoid arthritis; migraines; psoriasis. >>Chest discomfort: Pressure, squeezing, ... Good at heart Kenai Peninsula Online Health department receives new grant for women's heart health Buffalo Reflex all 21 news articles »

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Wood researchers: active kids do better academically - Charleston Gazette Posted: 18 Feb 2012 08:48 PM PST Wood researchers: active kids do better academically Charleston Gazette Body mass index is measure of fat calculated from a person's weight and height. Northrup joined forces with Dick Wittberg, Mid Ohio Valley Health Department director and Lesley Cottrell, a West Virginia University pediatric researcher.

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Schools Starting to Track BMI [Health & Fitness] - Louisville.com Posted: 17 Feb 2012 08:41 PM PST Louisville.com Schools Starting to Track BMI [Health & Fitness] Louisville.com Kentucky recently approved an idea to have schools calculate and record the children's BMI. This will help with keeping children from becoming obese and also work to reverse the effects of obesity. Kentucky was ranked third in having obese children ... Breastfeeding cuts childhood obesity risk Zee News all 2 news articles »

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Healthy BMI, or 'skinny fat' - New Philadelphia Times Reporter Posted: 16 Feb 2012 12:05 PM PST Evening Standard Healthy BMI, or 'skinny fat' New Philadelphia Times Reporter Not because of my race or gender but because I am 1 of 3 Americans still WITHIN a healthy weight range meaning my body mass index (BMI) is somewhere between 18.5 and 24.9 (don't pin me down to a number here). To be honest, my BMI creeps up every winter ... UC HEALTH LINE: Use Multiple Measurements to Track Weight Loss HealthCanal.com Big fat liars Evening Standard all 14 news articles »

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Making sense of your child's health numbers - CNN (blog) Posted: 14 Feb 2012 06:47 AM PST WLFI.com Making sense of your child's health numbers CNN (blog) BMI, a calculation that takes into consideration the height and weight, is a fairly good reflection of a person's body fat. For children, height, weight and BMI are plotted on standard growth charts that give percentile curves for the measurements. Living Nutrition A tape measure is a better tool against obesity Wooster Daily Record 10% Of World's Population Is Now Obese, Double Than 30 Years Ago SBWire (press release) Weight on your mind Waterford Today all 67 news articles »

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Changes in the Association Between Body Mass Index and Medicare Costs, 1997-2006 - Archives of Internal Medicine Posted: 13 Feb 2012 01:03 PM PST This is Money Changes in the Association Between Body Mass Index and Medicare Costs, 1997-2006 Archives of Internal Medicine Medicare expenditures were calculated as total Medicare payments for services covered by Part A and B and converted to 2006 dollars. Body mass index (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared) was corrected for self-report ... Life insurance: How shedding pounds could slash your health cover bills This is Money 10% Of World's Population Is Now Obese, Double Than 30 Years Ago! openPR (press release) Obese people feel more pain Daily Bhaskar all 19 news articles »

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Regulation To Allow Schools To Track Students' BMI - WLKY Louisville Posted: 13 Feb 2012 12:05 PM PST Regulation To Allow Schools To Track Students' BMI WLKY Louisville The Kentucky State Board of Education recently approved a proposal that would require schools to calculate and record a child's body mass index. The approval comes after research into the growing problem of childhood obesity. Kentucky ranked third in ... and more »

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Ky. schools to track students' body mass index - NECN Posted: 10 Feb 2012 12:47 AM PST Ky. schools to track students' body mass index NECN 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. At the same time, the proposal also ... and more »

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