Body Mass Index

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• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Texas Hospital Refuses to Hire Potential Employees if Body Mass Index Shows ... - MyFox Chicago
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Higher BMI Tied to Ovarian Cancer Risk - MedPage Today
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Make Weight Loss a Family Affair - WebMD
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Weight a mystery for college applicants - Futurity: Research News
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>If you're trying to conceive, go easy on your workout - msnbc.com
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Waist Size Helps Predict Heart Risk in Teenagers - New York Times (blog)
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>BMI Is Flabby Measure of Obesity, Study Shows - WNYC
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Morris second healthiest county in N.J.
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Excess Body Weight Associated With Increased Risk for Cancer Recurrence After ... - Newswise (press release)
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Reliance on BMI understates the true obesity crisis, experts say - Los Angeles Times
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Know your number when it comes to your BMI

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Texas Hospital Refuses to Hire Potential Employees if Body Mass Index Shows ... - MyFox Chicago Posted: 06 Apr 2012 07:13 PM PDT Daily Mail Texas Hospital Refuses to Hire Potential Employees if Body Mass Index Shows ... MyFox Chicago A hospital in Texas is now measuring potential employees for their body mass index, or BMI. Bottom line: if they don't "measure up," they're not getting a job at Citizens Medical Center in Victoria, Texas. A potential employee who is 5 ft. Texas Hospital to Job Applicants: Fat People Need Not Apply KSEE Citizens Medical Center: Texas hospital in weight row after BANNING obese job ... Daily Mail Texas hospital reportedly bars obese workers -- and it might be legal Fox News First Coast News  - CBS News  - MyFox Washington DC all 67 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Higher BMI Tied to Ovarian Cancer Risk - MedPage Today Posted: 06 Apr 2012 01:57 PM PDT Higher BMI Tied to Ovarian Cancer Risk MedPage Today This study found that a woman's height and body mass index (BMI) may significantly influence her ovarian cancer risk such that for each 5-cm increase in height, the adjusted relative risk for ovarian cancer was 1.07. Note that among women who never ... The Height of Women Linked to Ovarian Cancer JotZoom Ovarian cancer and height WLTZ 38 NBC all 5 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Make Weight Loss a Family Affair - WebMD Posted: 06 Apr 2012 09:17 AM PDT Times of Zambia Make Weight Loss a Family Affair WebMD When parents lost weight, their kids did, too. For each one unit decrease in the parent's body mass index or BMI, children lost one quarter of a BMI unit. "That is a lot of weight on a child," says researcher Kerri N. Boutelle, PhD. Docs don't say if child is obese Bend Bulletin all 4 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Weight a mystery for college applicants - Futurity: Research News Posted: 06 Apr 2012 08:59 AM PDT Weight a mystery for college applicants Futurity: Research News In physical exams, the height, weight, and body mass index (BMI) of 3622 18- to 20-year-old applicants to the Mexican university were recorded; the aspiring students also completed surveys in which they reported their weight status. and more »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>If you're trying to conceive, go easy on your workout - msnbc.com Posted: 06 Apr 2012 06:54 AM PDT The Malaysian Insider If you're trying to conceive, go easy on your workout msnbc.com "This study is the first to find that the effect of physical activity on fertility varied by body mass index," said lead author Lauren Wise, a reproductive epidemiologist at Boston University. Body mass index (BMI) is a ratio of height to weight. Moderate exercise, quicker conception linked Fox News all 33 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Waist Size Helps Predict Heart Risk in Teenagers - New York Times (blog) Posted: 06 Apr 2012 06:38 AM PDT New York Times (blog) Waist Size Helps Predict Heart Risk in Teenagers New York Times (blog) Pediatricians and medical groups routinely use BMI as a measure of unhealthy weight in children. But the index, calculated by dividing one's weight in kilograms by the square of one's height in meters, cannot differentiate between fatty and lean tissue ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>BMI Is Flabby Measure of Obesity, Study Shows - WNYC Posted: 05 Apr 2012 09:09 PM PDT MLive.com BMI Is Flabby Measure of Obesity, Study Shows WNYC "BMI is about 75-percent accurate," said Dr. Eric Braverman, the other co-author of the study. "No one in science is happy with something that's wrong a quarter of the time – it just doesn't add great value." BMI is calculated by multiplying height ... Reliance on BMI understates the true obesity crisis, experts say STLtoday.com New Study Finds BMI Formula Misses Mark on Obesity Christian Broadcasting Network The surprising new face of obesity msnbc.com (blog) Fox News  - Red Bluff Daily News  - MLive.com all 28 news articles »

<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/Google.JPG"/>Excess Body Weight Associated With Increased Risk for Cancer Recurrence After ... - Newswise (press release) Posted: 03 Apr 2012 11:42 AM PDT BigPond News Excess Body Weight Associated With Increased Risk for Cancer Recurrence After ... Newswise (press release) "Men diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer and who have excess body weight as indicated by a higher-than-normal body mass index (BMI) have an increased risk for cancer recurrence after treatment," said Vincent L. Freeman, MD, MPH, ... Weighing Heavy on Prostate Cancer Return dailyRx all 19 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Reliance on BMI understates the true obesity crisis, experts say - Los Angeles Times Posted: 02 Apr 2012 02:18 PM PDT Daily Mail Reliance on BMI understates the true obesity crisis, experts say Los Angeles Times As if the nation's weight problems were not daunting enough, a new study has found that the body-mass index, the 200-year-old formula used to distinguish between healthy and unhealthy weight, may be misclassifying roughly half of women and just over ... Study: BMI misses mark on obesity Columbus Dispatch The BMI Is Inaccurate…Which Means You Are Fatter Than You Thought BlissTree I call it the 'baloney mass index': Why U.S obesity epidemic is far worse than ... Daily Mail Baltimore Sun  - Annenberg TV News  - International Business Times all 132 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Know your number when it comes to your BMI Posted: 22 Mar 2012 10:31 PM PDT Everyone strives to be at a "healthy" body weight, but that magic number is different for everyone. Body Mass Index is a number calculated from your height and weight. It is a free, simple screening tool that provides a reliable indicator of body fatness for most people and screens for weight categories that may put you at risk for certain health conditions.

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