Body Mass Index

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• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Health & weight: Plus-size model Crystal Renn slims down - Examiner.com
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Shemar Woods: How I dropped 28 pounds to become the Biggest Newser - New York Daily News
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Fact or Fiction? Common Exercise Myths BUSTED - Huffington Post
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>School nurses' letters lead to weighty debate - Columbus Dispatch
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>School nurses' letters lead to weighty debate
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Weight-loss surgery may stem diabetes in some - The Tennessean
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>BMI found insufficient for measuring obesity | Gustafson - Auburn Reporter
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>CDC Study Suggests Americans May Have A Higher Obesity Rate
• <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/Yahoo.jpg"/>We may be fatter than we think, researchers report
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Reliance on BMI understates the true obesity crisis, experts say

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Health & weight: Plus-size model Crystal Renn slims down - Examiner.com Posted: 14 Apr 2012 07:13 PM PDT Health & weight: Plus-size model Crystal Renn slims down Examiner.com While this Nashville writer personally prefer Renn's look as a healthy size 8, if Renn is eating right, exercising within healthy limits, has an appropriate Body Mass Index and is feeling good about herself, the results she has achieved slimming down ... and more »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Shemar Woods: How I dropped 28 pounds to become the Biggest Newser - New York Daily News Posted: 14 Apr 2012 11:51 AM PDT New York Daily News Shemar Woods: How I dropped 28 pounds to become the Biggest Newser New York Daily News 5 to April 4, I spent roughly 60-70 grueling hours in the gym to lose 13 percent of my body weight and return to a healthy BMI (body mass index). I've seen my lifestyle change dramatically in just three months en route to beating out 2010 Biggest ... and more »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Fact or Fiction? Common Exercise Myths BUSTED - Huffington Post Posted: 14 Apr 2012 08:32 AM PDT Fact or Fiction? Common Exercise Myths BUSTED Huffington Post I hide the scale in my studio so that my clients don't get obsessed with their weight! I only have one because it's needed when measuring body fat and body mass index. Body weight is not a good indicator of change. You should be focusing more on body ... and more »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>School nurses' letters lead to weighty debate - Columbus Dispatch Posted: 14 Apr 2012 02:39 AM PDT School nurses' letters lead to weighty debate Columbus Dispatch The judgment is based partly on his body mass index, a score based on height and weight that state law requires schools to calculate for students in kindergarten and third, fifth and ninth grades to see if they are at a healthy weight.

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>School nurses' letters lead to weighty debate Posted: 14 Apr 2012 02:36 AM PDT Kevin Brown's son plays two sports in high school, runs a mile in about 51/2 minutes and, if anything, looks a little thin, his father said. But a letter from an Upper Arlington High School nurse last week says that, at 6 feet and 180 pounds, 15-year-old Wynn Brown is overweight.

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Weight-loss surgery may stem diabetes in some - The Tennessean Posted: 14 Apr 2012 12:14 AM PDT Weight-loss surgery may stem diabetes in some The Tennessean That being said, weight-loss surgery can be considered as a treatment option before patients reach a point of last resort. Recently, the Food and Drug Administration approved a lower recommended body-mass index threshold for Lap-Band surgery.

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>BMI found insufficient for measuring obesity | Gustafson - Auburn Reporter Posted: 12 Apr 2012 04:04 PM PDT Daily Mail BMI found insufficient for measuring obesity | Gustafson Auburn Reporter By TIMI GUSTAFSON For nearly 200 years, doctors have relied on a formula called the "Body Mass Index" (BMI) to determine whether their patients are within a healthy weight range or beyond. A new study suggests that this approach may be insufficiently ... Body Mass Index: The Baloney Mass Index: Official tests said these people were ... Daily Mail OBESITY IN CHILDREN Daijiworld.com Obesity - There Is a Better Measure than Body Mass Index Hive Health Media (blog) Sacramento Bee all 12 news articles »

<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 06:55 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"/>Morris second healthiest county in N.J. Posted: 03 Apr 2012 03:21 PM 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"/>We may be fatter than we think, researchers report Posted: 02 Apr 2012 09:52 PM PDT A new study finds that the widely used body mass index, or BMI, may be understating obesity in many people. As if the nation's weight problems were not daunting enough, a new study has found that the body mass index, the 180-year-old formula used to distinguish between healthy and unhealthy weight, may be incorrectly classifying about half of women and just over 20% of men as being the picture ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Reliance on BMI understates the true obesity crisis, experts say Posted: 02 Apr 2012 02:18 PM PDT 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 20% of men as healthy when their body-fat composition suggests they are obese.

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