Body Mass Index

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• <img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>In US, obese people shed flab 'due to recession' - Indian Express
• <img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Asthma medications may be less effective in overweight children with asthma - Pediatric SuperSite
• <img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Recession beats dieting, gym in slimming people
• <img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Obese people in US shed flab due to recession: Study
• <img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>New Israeli bill seeks to widen ad ban to all underweight models - Haaretz
• <img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Yo-yo dieting among teens has long-term effects - The State Journal-Register
• <img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>FYI on BMI: How and why to calculate your body mass index - nwitimes.com
• <img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Kentucky schools to track students' body mass index - kypost.com

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>In US, obese people shed flab 'due to recession' - Indian Express Posted: 04 Mar 2012 05:31 PM PST This is Money In US, obese people shed flab 'due to recession' Indian Express People were asked for their height and weight, which allows researchers to calculate their Body Mass Index (BMI). The World Health Organisation considers a person obese if they have a BMI score of 30 or over, and overweight if they have a score of ... In US, meltdown leads to obese people losing flab Times of India Defining 'obesity,' 'overweight' Business Insurance Neither gyms nor diet, but recession helped people shed pounds (Study) India.Com Health all 11 news articles »

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Asthma medications may be less effective in overweight children with asthma - Pediatric SuperSite Posted: 04 Mar 2012 10:05 AM PST Asthma medications may be less effective in overweight children with asthma Pediatric SuperSite Each child was evaluated according to his or her body mass index (BMI), daily inhaled corticosteroid dose and cellular response to the corticosteroid. "Both blood and airway cells were cultured in the presence of corticosteroids, a medication used to ... Heavy Kids May Not Respond as Well to Asthma Meds Doctors Lounge all 5 news articles »

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Recession beats dieting, gym in slimming people Posted: 04 Mar 2012 04:54 AM PST London, March 4 (IANS) What hours of exercising, visits to the gym or dieting could not accomplish - helping people shed unwanted pounds - has been pulled off by recession.

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Obese people in US shed flab due to recession: Study Posted: 04 Mar 2012 03:57 AM PST A number of obese people in the US have lost considerable amount of flab in the last three years since the start of the recession in 2007, a new study has revealed.

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>New Israeli bill seeks to widen ad ban to all underweight models - Haaretz Posted: 04 Mar 2012 02:01 AM PST Haaretz New Israeli bill seeks to widen ad ban to all underweight models Haaretz The bill defines models as underweight in keeping with the internationally accepted standard based on their Body Mass Index, or BMI, calculated based on a person's height and weight in kilograms. Anyone with a BMI under 18.5 is considered underweight.

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Yo-yo dieting among teens has long-term effects - The State Journal-Register Posted: 26 Feb 2012 09:03 PM PST Yo-yo dieting among teens has long-term effects The State Journal-Register Researchers say teenagers should be more concerned with their Body Mass Index (BMI) rather than a merry-go-round of diets. By JULIE KAISER Remember when teaching the toddler not to hurl food at the family pet or enticing your grade-schooler to eat his ... and more »

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>FYI on BMI: How and why to calculate your body mass index - nwitimes.com Posted: 19 Feb 2012 10:17 PM PST FYI on BMI: How and why to calculate your body mass index nwitimes.com Waist circumference is a useful tool to include with the BMI, since the higher the waist measurement the higher the disease risk. The number on the scale isn't the only thing to take into consideration when determining weight and health risk.

<img border=0 src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Kentucky schools to track students' body mass index - kypost.com Posted: 10 Feb 2012 10:10 AM PST kypost.com Kentucky schools to track students' body mass index kypost.com 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. and more »

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