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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Body Mass Index

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Weight gain after diets researched - Halifax Evening Courier

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 06:46 PM PDT


Weight gain after diets researched
Halifax Evening Courier
A healthy body mass index is considered to be between 18.5 and 25kg/m2. In this study, the researchers recruited people with a body mass index between 27 and 40. Smokers, people with significant illness (including diabetes) and those taking medications ...

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>60% of Northern Ireland adults overweight, and that means big problems in the future, warns minister

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 06:09 PM PDT

Six out of every 10 adults in Northern Ireland are now overweight — with more than one in five defined as obese. Related Stories Fertility drugs linked to leukaemia in children Aspirin 'can cut cancer death risk'

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>3% of gay men 'attempted suicide' - Fife Today

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 04:25 PM PDT


Fife Today
3% of gay men 'attempted suicide'
Fife Today
Gay men are generally slimmer, with half recording a normal body mass index (BMI) compared to a third of heterosexual men, despite engaging in slightly less regular exercise (40%). Analysing the survey results, Stonewall Scotland has recommended ...

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Does Chocolate Make You Thin? - Mother Jones

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 01:52 PM PDT


Mother Jones
Does Chocolate Make You Thin?
Mother Jones
The researchers asked around 1000 men and women how many times a week they ate chocolate; their height and weight were also measured to determine Body Mass Index, or BMI, a standard measure of body fat. The most frequent chocolate consumers turned out ...
Chocolate brings some health benefits KOAT Albuquerque

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Many First-Graders Shun Overweight, Obese Kids - U.S. News & World Report

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 01:05 PM PDT


Scotsman
Many First-Graders Shun Overweight, Obese Kids
U.S. News & World Report
More than one-third of the children in the study were overweight, or had a body mass index (BMI) in the top 15 percent for their age and sex, and 16 percent of the children were obese, meaning they had a BMI in the top 5 percent for their age and sex.
School Climate Can Affect Overweight Children for Life Newswise (press release)
P1 obesity levels largely unchanged Fife Today
I'll take a pack of cigarettes, a large soda and a package of pork rinds HealthNewsReview.org
Scotsman  - Sacramento Bee  - The Sun
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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Can Weight Loss Help African American Breast Cancer Survivors? - Newswise (press release)

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 11:44 AM PDT


Can Weight Loss Help African American Breast Cancer Survivors?
Newswise (press release)
Under a five-year, $3 million grant from the National Cancer Institute, researchers will determine if the program, called Moving Forward, is effective in decreasing body mass index and weight and improving diet and physical activity habits.

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Reducing Your Children's Risk of Early Puberty - Patch.com

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 09:28 AM PDT


Reducing Your Children's Risk of Early Puberty
Patch.com
Body mass index, or BMI, is a measurement of weight to height, starting at age 2. A healthy BMI ranges from the fifth to 84th percentile. Put your child's height and weight into this BMI calculator from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Study of the Day: Most Overweight Mexicans Think Their Weight Is Normal - The Atlantic

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 08:43 AM PDT


Study of the Day: Most Overweight Mexicans Think Their Weight Is Normal
The Atlantic
They surveyed 3622 18- to 20-year-old applicants to the Mexican university about their weight status and conducted physical exams, which included height, weight, and body mass index measurements. RESULTS: More than a third of the respondents didn't ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>| MyCentralJersey.com | MyCentralJersey.com

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: 03 Apr 2012 09:01 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 ...

<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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