Body Mass Index

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• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Excessive weight gain during pregnancy can set baby on path to obesity: study - Ottawa Citizen
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Weight Gain, Sexual Activity Predicted By Brain Scans - Huffington Post
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Meta-Analysis Shows Link Between GI Symptoms and Rising BMI - Medscape
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Traditional Chinese Medicine Appears Useful for Obesity - Medscape
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Obesity may be more than figurative pain - Sacramento Bee
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Effort to 'Shape Up Houston' starts at the Medical Center
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Effort to 'Shape Up Houston' starts in the Medical Center
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Effort to 'Shape Up Houston' starts at the Medical Center - Houston Chronicle
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Fitness Success: Throw away your scale why weight loss and fat loss are not ... - Kansas City Star
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Weight-loss surgery may stem diabetes in some - USA TODAY
• <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"/>Excessive weight gain during pregnancy can set baby on path to obesity: study - Ottawa Citizen Posted: 19 Apr 2012 12:11 PM PDT CBC.ca Excessive weight gain during pregnancy can set baby on path to obesity: study Ottawa Citizen But the study, released this week, found that babies born to women who experience excessive weight gain during pregnancy are just as likely to be of above-average birth weight. Results indicated that independent of pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI), ... Putting on pounds while pregnant has stronger effect than pre-pregnancy weight ... Global Montreal Excessive weight gain during pregnancy a predictor for above-average birth weight Science Daily (press release) all 15 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Weight Gain, Sexual Activity Predicted By Brain Scans - Huffington Post Posted: 19 Apr 2012 07:29 AM PDT Daily Mail Weight Gain, Sexual Activity Predicted By Brain Scans Huffington Post So the researchers recruited 58 female college freshmen for a study in which they weighed the women and calculated their body mass index, or BMI (a measure of fatness). College freshmen were chosen because of the dreaded "Freshmen 15" weight gain, ... Brain scans can predict weight gain The Asian Age all 26 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Meta-Analysis Shows Link Between GI Symptoms and Rising BMI - Medscape Posted: 19 Apr 2012 04:48 AM PDT Meta-Analysis Shows Link Between GI Symptoms and Rising BMI Medscape April 19, 2012 — A new meta-analysis of studies found a significant association between specific gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms and increasing body mass index (BMI) and obesity, with upper abdominal pain almost 3 times more likely to occur among obese ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Traditional Chinese Medicine Appears Useful for Obesity - Medscape Posted: 19 Apr 2012 04:27 AM PDT Traditional Chinese Medicine Appears Useful for Obesity Medscape The primary outcomes measured were changes in body weight, body mass index (BMI), waist and hip circumference, and body fat percentage. Among 15 trials of acupuncture, acupuncture treatment resulted in greater weight loss than did no-treatment sham ... and more »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Obesity may be more than figurative pain - Sacramento Bee Posted: 19 Apr 2012 12:02 AM PDT MD News (press release) Obesity may be more than figurative pain Sacramento Bee The group of participants who were overweight reported 20 percent higher rates of pain than the "low- normal" weight group. Weight was graded per body mass index – into one of three obesity levels as defined by the World Health Organization. Pre-Pregnancy BMI Important Indicator of Offspring Obesity MD News (press release) Where in the world are the heftiest people? MinnPost.com Weight of the world — 1.6 billion of Earth's population overweight - Today's ... San Francisco Luxury News Rankin Ledger  - Spartanburg Herald Journal  - Politics.co.uk all 29 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Effort to 'Shape Up Houston' starts at the Medical Center Posted: 18 Apr 2012 09:23 PM PDT Effort to 'Shape Up Houston' starts at the Medical Center Houston Chronicle Copyright 2012 Houston Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 11:36 p.m., Wednesday, April 18, 2012 Shape Up Houston, an effort to address the obesity epidemic in the Bayou City, kicks off Thursday with a "health rally" in the Texas Medical ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Effort to 'Shape Up Houston' starts in the Medical Center Posted: 18 Apr 2012 09:03 PM PDT Effort to 'Shape Up Houston' starts in the Medical Center Houston Chronicle Copyright 2012 Houston Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 10:46 p.m., Wednesday, April 18, 2012 According to 2009 estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Harris County has about 800,000 obese adults - and that doesn't ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Effort to 'Shape Up Houston' starts at the Medical Center - Houston Chronicle Posted: 18 Apr 2012 07:49 PM PDT Effort to 'Shape Up Houston' starts at the Medical Center Houston Chronicle Where: John P. McGovern Texas Medical Center Commons, 6550 Bertner Body Mass Index: A person with a BMI of 25 to 29.9 is overweight and 30 or more is considered obese. Visit www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/ to calculate your BMI and assess your risk for ... Trying to shed Houston's "Fat and Happy" ways: Program aims to reshape the city CultureMap Houston all 7 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Fitness Success: Throw away your scale why weight loss and fat loss are not ... - Kansas City Star Posted: 18 Apr 2012 03:27 AM PDT Fitness Success: Throw away your scale why weight loss and fat loss are not ... Kansas City Star BMI (height for weight) and scale weight are popular in research and in most weight loss programs because the scale is cheap and easy, not because it reveals useful information. Putting someone on the scale doesn't take much time, skill, or money to do ... and more »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Weight-loss surgery may stem diabetes in some - USA TODAY Posted: 17 Apr 2012 09:09 AM PDT USA TODAY Weight-loss surgery may stem diabetes in some USA TODAY Recently, the FDA approved a lower recommended body-mass index threshold for Lap-Band surgery. Several factors impact the sharp rise in diabetes, one of which is the nationwide obesity epidemic, leading more people to develop Type 2 diabetes than ever ... and more »

<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 05:23 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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