Body Mass Index

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• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Academics give little weight to Irish girls' obesity study - Irish Times
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Weight-loss surgery provides benefit to high-risk, severely obese patients - HealthCanal.com
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Causal Link ID'd Between BMI, Ischemic Heart Disease - Doctors Lounge
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Withings and BodyMedia Partner to Promote Weight Loss - MarketWatch (press release)
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Surgical Weight Loss is a Team Effort Between Doctors and Patients - Sacramento Bee
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Getting more sleep could dampen effect of obesity genes - Boston.com
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Weight Loss May Cut Cancer Risk: Study - Huffington Post
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Study: Obesity adds $190 billion in health costs - msnbc.com
• <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/Yahoo.jpg"/>| MyCentralJersey.com | MyCentralJersey.com

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Academics give little weight to Irish girls' obesity study - Irish Times Posted: 02 May 2012 04:15 PM PDT Academics give little weight to Irish girls' obesity study Irish Times Some 84 per cent of Irish 11-year-olds provided no weight or height measurements, along with 74 per cent of 13-year-olds. And 56 per cent of 15-year-olds also did not provide BMI (body mass index) data. England, Scotland and Wales also had high rates ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Weight-loss surgery provides benefit to high-risk, severely obese patients - HealthCanal.com Posted: 02 May 2012 03:14 PM PDT Weight-loss surgery provides benefit to high-risk, severely obese patients HealthCanal.com The researchers followed 40 severely obese individuals who were considered high risk because of their body mass index (BMI), age and gender. Most were men over age 50 who also had diabetes or hypertension or both for two years.

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Causal Link ID'd Between BMI, Ischemic Heart Disease - Doctors Lounge Posted: 02 May 2012 10:01 AM PDT RTT News Causal Link ID'd Between BMI, Ischemic Heart Disease Doctors Lounge BMI was measured, IHD events ascertained, and FTO(rs9939609), MC4R(rs17782313), and TMEM18(rs6548238) were genotyped. Using the genotypes as a combined allele score, the allele score-BMI and allele score-IHD associations were calculated and used in ... Study Finds Direct Link Between Obesity, Heart Disease U.S. News & World Report Increased BMI can up heart disease risk Newstrack India Weighty Issues: Study Quantifies BMI's Causal Contribution To Heart Disease Risk RTT News Zee News  - MedPage Today all 55 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Withings and BodyMedia Partner to Promote Weight Loss - MarketWatch (press release) Posted: 02 May 2012 09:00 AM PDT Withings and BodyMedia Partner to Promote Weight Loss MarketWatch (press release) The Withings WiFi Scale measures a user's body weight, lean and fat mass, and calculates body mass index (BMI) and automatically transmits the data to a secure personal webpage using the built in WiFi. The data can be accessed from any Internet ... and more »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Surgical Weight Loss is a Team Effort Between Doctors and Patients - Sacramento Bee Posted: 02 May 2012 06:34 AM PDT Surgical Weight Loss is a Team Effort Between Doctors and Patients Sacramento Bee A lot goes into this final determination, from your BMI (Body Mass Index) to co-morbidities (obesity-related health issues such as hypertension and diabetes), and many other considerations. You may be an ideal candidate for gastric bypass or sleeve ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Getting more sleep could dampen effect of obesity genes - Boston.com Posted: 02 May 2012 06:31 AM PDT RedOrbit Getting more sleep could dampen effect of obesity genes Boston.com While it's tough to tease out just how much of a role genes play in determining our body weight, University of Washington researchers gave it their best shot by measuring the body mass index in 604 pairs of identical twins (who share the same genes) ... A new study finds too much sleep may not be as bad for weight as previously ... ABC News Sleep lessens the effect genes have on weight USA TODAY Oversleeping Not A Major Cause Of Weight Gain RedOrbit CTV.ca  - NBC New York  - Men's Fitness all 111 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Weight Loss May Cut Cancer Risk: Study - Huffington Post Posted: 01 May 2012 12:53 PM PDT Weight Loss May Cut Cancer Risk: Study Huffington Post Indeed, the women in the new study, who were overweight or obese, did not need to get down to what would be considered a healthy weight in order to see changes in their biomarkers of inflammation. (A healthy body mass index, a measurement of weight ... and more »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Study: Obesity adds $190 billion in health costs - msnbc.com Posted: 30 Apr 2012 05:36 AM PDT Globe and Mail Study: Obesity adds $190 billion in health costs msnbc.com Now, as economists put a price tag on sky-high body mass indexes (BMIs), policymakers as well as the private sector are mobilizing to find solutions to the obesity epidemic. "As committee chairmen, Cabinet secretaries, the head of Medicare and health ... The Costs Of Obesity Huffington Post all 123 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Reliance on BMI understates the true obesity crisis, experts say Posted: 04 Apr 2012 03:35 PM PDT "We may be much further behind than we thought," says author of the study.

<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.

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