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Saturday, June 23, 2012

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>State Spending for Weight-Loss Surgery Increases - New York Times

Posted: 23 Jun 2012 04:38 PM PDT


New York Times

State Spending for Weight-Loss Surgery Increases
New York Times
Both Medicare and Medicaid require potential bariatric patients to meet what is designed to be a high bar. Patients must have a body mass index of at least 35, ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Best Android health and fitness apps

Posted: 23 Jun 2012 02:31 PM PDT

Who says you need to hit the gym to get a full body workout? With these free apps, you can be well on your way to a better body for summer right from your Android device.

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Global weight gain more damaging than rising numbers - BBC News

Posted: 23 Jun 2012 10:16 AM PDT


BBC News

Global weight gain more damaging than rising numbers
BBC News
Extra weight could be the equivalent of adding an extra billion people to the planet. ... and Tropical Medicine calculate the weight of the global population at 287 million tonnes. ... Average BMI (Body Mass Index) in USA in 2005 was 28.7.

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>If entire world was as heavy as Americans, that would equal an extra ... - Globe and Mail

Posted: 19 Jun 2012 09:58 AM PDT


New York Times (blog)

If entire world was as heavy as Americans, that would equal an extra ...
Globe and Mail
Mining World Health Organization statistics, they used national data for body mass index (BMI) and height distribution to calculate the world's global biomass.
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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Global weight gain more damaging than rising numbers

Posted: 17 Jun 2012 08:09 PM PDT

Researchers say that increasing levels of fatness around the world could have the same impact on global resources as an extra billion people.

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