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Sunday, May 27, 2012

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Know your BMI - The Sunday Dispatch

Posted: 27 May 2012 06:24 PM PDT


The Sunday Dispatch

Know your BMI
The Sunday Dispatch
Using the Body Mass Index, that equated to a 30 or higher. If you don't know how to calculate your BMI, visit this website http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/. Next, the broadcast discussed the incidence of obesity among children.

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Camas woman determined to complete tough weight-loss journey - The Columbian

Posted: 27 May 2012 05:02 PM PDT


Camas woman determined to complete tough weight-loss journey
The Columbian
Body mass index is a measure of body fat based on height and weight. Find your own BMI using this online calculator. Then came the startling reality: Harris' weight, for the first time, would impede her ability to work. She had reached the point where ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>AIIMS' first robot-assisted weight-loss surgery - Hindustan Times

Posted: 27 May 2012 10:41 AM PDT


AIIMS' first robot-assisted weight-loss surgery
Hindustan Times
A person with a BMI of 30 and above is considered morbidly obese. Dr Sandeep Aggarwal, bariatric surgeon and additional professor (surgery) at AIIMS, Dr Rajeev Kumar, additional professor (urology) and a team of six doctors conducted the surgery on ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Tips for fighting childhood obesity - Bismarck Tribune

Posted: 26 May 2012 10:18 PM PDT


The Express Tribune

Tips for fighting childhood obesity
Bismarck Tribune
Since children are still growing, when determining their BMI, age and gender also must be taken into consideration. Thus growth charts are helpful in calculating child and adolescent BMI. Children and adolescents with a BMI between the 5th and 85th ...
College Students' Weighty Choices Bring Obesity to Forefront The Chestertown Spy
Why It Is In Our Best Economic Interest to Fight Obesity Care2.com (blog)
Some are fat and healthy Free Malaysia Today
Hive Health Media (blog)
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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>63st Georgia Davis screamed: I can't stand up, Mum - The Sun

Posted: 26 May 2012 09:17 PM PDT


The Sun

63st Georgia Davis screamed: I can't stand up, Mum
The Sun
She piled on tons of weight — until last week painful bleeding sores all over her 63-stone body prevented her from standing and led to the massive operation to get her to hospital. Arthur, of Aberdare, South Wales, wept: "It breaks my heart to think ...
UK & World News: Britain's fattest teenager misses out on vital help after ... Scottish Daily Record
Britain's fattest teenager, tragic 63st Georgia Davis, refused to board vital ... TopNews United States

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Time to Ovarian Cancer Return Not Tied to BMI - MedPage Today

Posted: 26 May 2012 09:01 PM PDT


MedPage Today

Time to Ovarian Cancer Return Not Tied to BMI
MedPage Today
Note that the approximately one-third of patients who had BMI >30 kg/m 2 had similar recurrence rates and time to recurrence as the two-thirds of non-obese patients. CHICAGO -- Among women with primary epithelial ovarian cancer, the time to recurrence ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Obesity not always tied to higher heart risk: study - Reuters

Posted: 24 May 2012 06:35 AM PDT


TopNews Arab Emirates

Obesity not always tied to higher heart risk: study
Reuters
"We encourage obese people to lose weight for their health, but (some) provision should be made in how we screen people for metabolic risk," Hamer told Reuters Health. An adult who has a body mass index -- a height-to-weight ratio -- of 30 or higher is ...
College Students' Weighty Choices Bring Obesity to Forefront Patch.com
Obesity Does Not Lead to Heart Disease: New Study PolicyMic
1 In 3 Is Obese -- Even The Homeless WCTI12.com

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Government: Related News

Posted: 23 May 2012 03:41 PM PDT

5/23/2012 - U.S. and Mexican Officials to Identify Needed Border-Crossing Projects U.S. and Mexican officials are meeting today as a first effort to decide where new border crossings and connecting roads may be necessary,...

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