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Sunday, April 15, 2012

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>For some people with diabetes, could weight loss surgery really be the best ... - CultureMap Austin

Posted: 15 Apr 2012 05:20 PM PDT


CultureMap Austin

For some people with diabetes, could weight loss surgery really be the best ...
CultureMap Austin
Guidelines from the National Institutes of Health say the surgery can be offered to people with a body mass index, or BMI over 40, or over 35 if the person has diabetes or another illness related to obesity. BMI is a calculation that doctors use which ...
Weight-loss surgery may stem diabetes in some The Tennessean

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Fitbit shares your weight loss progress with the world - Detroit Free Press

Posted: 14 Apr 2012 11:06 PM PDT


Fitbit shares your weight loss progress with the world
Detroit Free Press
The Aria Smart Scale, which comes in black or white, also measures body mass index and percentage of body fat. It can be pre-ordered online for $129.95 and will start shipping in May. Fitbit has a history of making electronic fitness tools, ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Collaborate for a healthy weight - Beckley Register-Herald

Posted: 14 Apr 2012 09:11 PM PDT


Collaborate for a healthy weight
Beckley Register-Herald
"We keep track of height, weight and BMI (Body Mass Index)," Woods explained. A touch screen program also allows children to take a Healthy Lifestyle survey to create their own weekly action plans and to adjust them where necessary.

<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"/>We may be fatter than we think, researchers report

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 12:16 AM 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 ...

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