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Saturday, April 28, 2012

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Weight loss helps prevent diabetes - Food Consumer

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 02:54 PM PDT


Weight loss helps prevent diabetes
Food Consumer
A new study in Emdocrine Abstracts says that weight loss reduces risk of diabetes mellitus, and also helps to reverse the disease in those who are trying to achieve 5 units in body mass index. The ongoing non-randomized prospective controlled Swedish ...
Losing weight might be key to being pain-free Minneapolis Star Tribune

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Concerns in UK over feeding tube diet - Sky News Australia

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 02:19 PM PDT


Concerns in UK over feeding tube diet
Sky News Australia
The 10-day regime forces the body to burn up so much fat that people lose up to 10 per cent of their weight. But Sasha Watkins, dietician and spokesperson for the BDA, said naso-gastric feeding tubes should only be used in hospital under medical ...

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Slidell Picayune Community Report: Womack plans community meeting - NOLA.com

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 11:13 AM PDT


NOLA.com

Slidell Picayune Community Report: Womack plans community meeting
NOLA.com
Children must be identified as being in the 95th percentile or above for weight of Body Mass Index to qualify for the camp. The camp will be held June 4-8 at the St. Tammany Fire Protection District 1 Fire Training Academy / Camp Villere in Slidell.

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<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/Google.JPG"/>Reliance on BMI understates the true obesity crisis, experts say - Los Angeles Times

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 02:18 PM PDT


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Reliance on BMI understates the true obesity crisis, experts say
Los Angeles Times
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 ...
Study: BMI misses mark on obesity Columbus Dispatch
The BMI Is Inaccurate…Which Means You Are Fatter Than You Thought BlissTree
Study Finds Current BMI Scale Too Lenient When Diagnosing Obesity RedOrbit
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