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Tuesday, May 29, 2012

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

Posted: 29 May 2012 05:55 PM PDT

5/29/2012 - FMCSA Extends Time for Comments on Proposed Safety Measurement System The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced a 60-day extension of the time that motor carriers have to comment on proposed improvements to the agency's proposed Safety Measurement System . The comment period now runs through July 30....

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Why you can never escape the stigma of being fat: Friends and family remember ... - Daily Mail

Posted: 29 May 2012 05:33 PM PDT


Daily Mail

Why you can never escape the stigma of being fat: Friends and family remember ...
Daily Mail
Under the National Child Measurement Programme, a pupil's body mass index is taken when they are five and again at age ten. However, the report claims that BMI – which measures a person's weight in relation to their height – is often inaccurate because ...

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Obesity, Overweight at Diagnosis Ups B-Cell Lymphoma Prognosis - Doctors Lounge

Posted: 29 May 2012 05:14 PM PDT


Obesity, Overweight at Diagnosis Ups B-Cell Lymphoma Prognosis
Doctors Lounge
To investigate the association between body mass index (BMI) at diagnosis and overall survival, Kenneth R. Carson, MD, from the St. Louis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and colleagues conducted a retrospective cohort study involving 2534 US veterans ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Girls aged five worry about their body image, say MPs - The Guardian

Posted: 29 May 2012 04:06 PM PDT


The Guardian

Girls aged five worry about their body image, say MPs
The Guardian
Among its recommendations being put to government, regulators, voluntary organisations and the private sector, are for the "inaccurate" and discredited body mass index – the standard measure used by physicians and health experts to determine weight ...
Five-year-olds now worry about size The Press Association

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>The Body's Surprising Sources of Fat - Everyday Health

Posted: 29 May 2012 02:00 PM PDT


The Body's Surprising Sources of Fat
Everyday Health
Specifically, it was discovered that people with a larger waist and waist-to-hip ratio along with larger body mass index (BMI) have a lower total brain volume. What this really means and whether there is a correlation between abdominal fat and dementia ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Exercise Pumps Up Prediabetic Blood Vessels - MedPage Today

Posted: 29 May 2012 01:16 PM PDT


Exercise Pumps Up Prediabetic Blood Vessels
MedPage Today
At baseline, patients had a mean age of 52, body mass index (BMI) of 30.3, percentage of fat of 35.1, fat mass of 68.3, and blood pressure of 125/76 mm Hg. "These were not hypertensive patients," Sen said. "They were fairly active but not undergoing ...
Research finds multidisciplinary approach to diabetes care can be effective Drug Store News

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Obese Diabetics Benefit from Gastric Banding - Everyday Health

Posted: 29 May 2012 12:09 PM PDT


MedPage Today

Obese Diabetics Benefit from Gastric Banding
Everyday Health
Those who achieved remission had a 22.8 percent drop in body mass index (BMI), compared with an 18 percent drop in both the group that improved and the no-change group, Okerson reported here at the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists ...
Exercise Saves Lean Body Mass After Gastric Bypass MedPage Today

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Kick off summer with seven programs to stay in shape

Posted: 29 May 2012 08:01 AM PDT

Marco Fioretti follows up his post on open source scuba-diving applications with these apps that will help you keep track of an array of sports and fitness data this summer.

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