Body Mass Index

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• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Green coffee beans show potential for losing weight - Los Angeles Times
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Citzens' policy bars overweight people from being hired - Victoria Advocate
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Gynecologists are urged to screen for heart disease - Reuters
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Chocolate-eaters have lower body mass: study - New York Daily News
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Arena Pharma Drug under EU Review - Zacks.com
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Obesity Might Lower Cognitive Function - First Coast News
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Study: As weight climbs so does breast cancer recurrence risk - Health Imaging
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Study says eat more chocolate, it can help with weight loss
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Weight-Loss Surgery A Possible Cure for Type 2 Diabetes, Studies Say - Fox News
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Body Mass Index and the Risk of Obesity in Coeliac Disease Treated With the ... - Medscape
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Surgery can put Type 2 diabetes into remission - BusinessWeek
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Does A Chocolate Habit Help Keep You Lean?
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>We're fat, but the Tri-Cities is fatter

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Green coffee beans show potential for losing weight - Los Angeles Times Posted: 27 Mar 2012 05:42 PM PDT Daily Mail Green coffee beans show potential for losing weight Los Angeles Times But the more extract they consumed, the more weight and fat they lost. Altogether, they reduced their body fat by 16%, on average. Of the 16 volunteers, six wound up with a body mass index in the healthful range. One downside is that the extract is ... Green-coffee-bean extract shows potential for weight loss The Seattle Times New evidence on effects of green coffee beans in weight loss EurekAlert (press release) all 26 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Citzens' policy bars overweight people from being hired - Victoria Advocate Posted: 27 Mar 2012 03:54 PM PDT Citzens' policy bars overweight people from being hired Victoria Advocate A BMI of 35 to meet Citizens Medical Center's hiring qualifications is: Body Mass Index applies to both men and women. A BMI of 35 to meet Citizens Medical Center's hiring qualifications is: Citizens Medical Center has a relatively new uncommon policy ... Victoria Hospital Wont Hire Very Obese Workers Houston Chronicle (blog) Hospital refuses to hire obese workers FierceHealthcare Citizens Medical Center in Texas Bans Hiring of Obese Employees Becker's Hospital Review all 7 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Gynecologists are urged to screen for heart disease - Reuters Posted: 27 Mar 2012 01:54 PM PDT Gynecologists are urged to screen for heart disease Reuters More than half of the women screened had a body mass index (BMI) -- a number calculated based on weight and height as an indicator of body fat -- of more than 25. A BMI over 25 is categorized as overweight and a BMI over 30 is considered obese. and more »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Chocolate-eaters have lower body mass: study - New York Daily News Posted: 27 Mar 2012 09:03 AM PDT New York Daily News Chocolate-eaters have lower body mass: study New York Daily News Those who said they ate chocolate more often than the norm tended to have a lower ratio of weight over height, a calculation made by taking a person's weight and dividing it by their height times two. A normal BMI is typically 18.5 to 24.9, ... Frequent Chocolate Consumption Linked to Lower BMI Medscape How Sweet: Chocolate Tied to Lower BMI MedPage Today Eating lots of chocolate helps people stay thin, study finds CBS News all 526 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Arena Pharma Drug under EU Review - Zacks.com Posted: 27 Mar 2012 08:40 AM PDT Arena Pharma Drug under EU Review Zacks.com We note that Arena Pharma and partner Eisai Inc. are looking to get lorcaserin approved for weight management, including weight loss and its maintenance, in obese (Body Mass Index, or BMI, >30) or overweight (BMI >27) patients suffering from at least ... and more »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Obesity Might Lower Cognitive Function - First Coast News Posted: 27 Mar 2012 08:10 AM PDT First Coast News Obesity Might Lower Cognitive Function First Coast News Older adults with high body mass index, or BMI, and big bellies are more likely to have lower cognitive function than those with a lower BMI. The study, published in the journal Age and Aging, included 250 people older than 59 who underwent a variety ... Obesity harms 'later brain skill' The Nation, Pakistan Obesity in later life linked to decreased mental faculties News-Medical.net Being fat slows brain function, says study Postnoon The Week Magazine  - WCTV all 6 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Study: As weight climbs so does breast cancer recurrence risk - Health Imaging Posted: 27 Mar 2012 07:35 AM PDT eMaxHealth Study: As weight climbs so does breast cancer recurrence risk Health Imaging After extracting height and weight data from patient records, Ligibel and colleagues evaluated the relationship between body mass index (BMI) with relapse-free survival (RFS) and overall survival (OS). Among the women in the study, 1.2 percent of the ... EBCC: BMI Affects Survival in Node-Positive Breast Cancer Doctors Lounge Weight loss might help women beat breast cancer eMaxHealth Clinical Notes: Breast Density Predicts Cancer Return MedPage Today Food Consumer all 22 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Study says eat more chocolate, it can help with weight loss Posted: 27 Mar 2012 07:03 AM PDT It's music to the chocolate lover's ears: cocoa may make us skinnier.

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Weight-Loss Surgery A Possible Cure for Type 2 Diabetes, Studies Say - Fox News Posted: 27 Mar 2012 06:33 AM PDT Weight-Loss Surgery A Possible Cure for Type 2 Diabetes, Studies Say Fox News An adult who has a body mass index (a calculation based on height and weight) of 30 or more is considered obese. That's 203 pounds or more for a 5-foot-9 man, for example. The government recently lowered the criteria for use of gastric bands from a BMI ... and more »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Body Mass Index and the Risk of Obesity in Coeliac Disease Treated With the ... - Medscape Posted: 27 Mar 2012 03:14 AM PDT Body Mass Index and the Risk of Obesity in Coeliac Disease Treated With the ... Medscape Aim To assess changes in BMI after diagnosis in a large coeliac population. Methods A total of 1018 patients with biopsy confirmed coeliac disease seen at our centre were studied retrospectively. Initial and follow-up BMIs were recorded, ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Surgery can put Type 2 diabetes into remission - BusinessWeek Posted: 26 Mar 2012 09:16 PM PDT CBC.ca Surgery can put Type 2 diabetes into remission BusinessWeek An adult who has a body mass index (a calculation based on height and weight) of 30 or more is considered obese. That's 203 pounds or more for a 5-foot-9 man, for example. The government recently lowered the criteria for use of gastric bands from a BMI ... Weight-loss surgery cut blood sugar more than drugs Reuters all 654 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Does A Chocolate Habit Help Keep You Lean? Posted: 26 Mar 2012 02:50 PM PDT New research suggests that frequent chocolate consumption may favorably influence metabolism. It adds to the growing evidence that our bodies may not treat all calories the same way.

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>We're fat, but the Tri-Cities is fatter Posted: 15 Mar 2012 01:55 PM PDT Yakima has narrowly avoided being labeled one of the 10 fattest cities in the country. But our neighbors to the southeast, the Tri-Cities, weren't so lucky. They're No. 9.

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