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Thursday, April 26, 2012

Body Mass Index


<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>MyNetDiary Integrates with Withings Devices - Seattle Post Intelligencer

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 07:10 PM PDT


MyNetDiary Integrates with Withings Devices
Seattle Post Intelligencer
For MyNetDiary members who own a Withings Wi-Fi Body Scale, data from each weigh-in, including body weight, fat and lean body mass and BMI, can be downloaded automatically to their MyNetDiary account. And for members who have the MyNetDiary Auto-Pilot ...

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Want to slim down, have healthy heart? Try dark chocolate - Nigerian Tribune

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 04:09 PM PDT


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Want to slim down, have healthy heart? Try dark chocolate
Nigerian Tribune
The findings come from a study of nearly 1000 United States of America (USA) people that looked at diet, calorie intake and body mass index (BMI) - a measure of obesity. It found those who ate chocolate a few times a week were, on the average, ...
Eat More Chocolate, Weigh Less? AARP News
Does Chocolate Make You Thin? Mother Jones
Chocolate brings some health benefits KOAT Albuquerque

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>TFAH Statement on the Latest Attack of the Prevention Fund: Jeopardizes the ... - Sacramento Bee

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 02:04 PM PDT


TFAH Statement on the Latest Attack of the Prevention Fund: Jeopardizes the ...
Sacramento Bee
To date, the Fund has provided resources to support evidence-based strategies at the community level that help people get healthy and will achieve significant gains such as reducing average body mass index (BMI). According to the same TFAH analysis, ...

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>People with Type 2 Diabetes often helped by weight-loss surgery - KVUE

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 01:31 PM PDT


People with Type 2 Diabetes often helped by weight-loss surgery
KVUE
The population we hope that they will embrace is that population with a Body Mass Index (BMI) that is not in the morbidly obese category, but these people do have Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus," explains Dr. Yancey. While the insurance companies sort out ...

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Well-being Q&A: Weight loss - gulfnews.com

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 01:03 PM PDT


Well-being Q&A: Weight loss
gulfnews.com
Calculate your Body Mass Index (BMI) using this formula: weight (in kilograms) divided by your height squared (in metres). The BMI categories are as follows: Underweight = below 18.5 l Normal weight = 18.5-24.9 l Overweight = 25-29.9 l Obese = BMI of ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Deadly Decision: Obese Drivers are Far Less Likely to Buckle Up - UB News Center

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 12:26 PM PDT


Deadly Decision: Obese Drivers are Far Less Likely to Buckle Up
UB News Center
The UB study found that normal weight drivers are 67 percent more likely to wear a seatbelt than morbidly obese drivers. Drivers were considered overweight or obese if they had a BMI (body mass index) of 25 or more, according to the World Health ...

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Cancer survivors could benefit from better diet, exercise, weight loss - Boston.com

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 11:31 AM PDT


Cancer survivors could benefit from better diet, exercise, weight loss
Boston.com
One study of breast cancer survivors indicated that a 6-pound weight loss was protective, but that finding needs to be confirmed. Recommendation: Cancer survivors should strive to achieve and maintain a healthy weight with a body mass index between ...

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>9 Percent of Older Adults Have Osteoporosis, CDC Says - LiveScience.com

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 07:48 AM PDT


9 Percent of Older Adults Have Osteoporosis, CDC Says
LiveScience.com
People with low bone mass may also be at an increased risk for fractures, depending on a number of other factors, such as their age and body mass index (BMI), Ogden said. The new numbers are based on data gathered between 2005 and 2008; ...

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<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 ...

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