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Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Body Mass Index


<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>CDC Study Suggests Americans May Have A Higher Obesity Rate

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 04:55 PM PDT

A new study co-authored by CDC and the state health commissioner suggests the obesity rate in the United States may be higher than previously thought, as 39 percent of Americans were misclassified as "overweight," rather than "obese."

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Are we underestimating how fat Americans are?

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 06:50 AM PDT

A new study suggests that many people who are classified as overweight are actually obese — and face health risks they didn't even know about

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Morris second healthiest county in N.J.

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 05:17 AM PDT

Phyllis Kumph a nurse and director of community health at Somerset Medical Center, helps Gail Behrle of Morristown calculate a body- mass index during the health fair Monday at the Morris Museum.

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>The BMI myth? You might be fatter than you think

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 07:41 PM PDT

In a study published in the journal PLoS, researchers estimated that 39 per cent of participants who were classified as overweight by their BMI were actually obese

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