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Monday, July 23, 2012

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Obesity In Childhood Linked To Cancer Risk - RedOrbit

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 07:13 PM PDT


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Obesity In Childhood Linked To Cancer Risk
RedOrbit
Dr. Ari Shamiss and Dr. Adi Leiba of TAU's Sackler Faculty of Medicine and the Sheba Medical Center and his fellow researchers found that obesity in adolescence, defined as a Body Mass Index (BMI) in the 85th percentile and above, has a direct link to ...
Childhood obesity linked to cancer: Study CANOE

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Is Baby Too Small? Charts Make It Hard to Tell - Wall Street Journal (blog)

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 04:04 PM PDT


Wall Street Journal (blog)

Is Baby Too Small? Charts Make It Hard to Tell
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Now 2½ years old, Elias is 37-inches tall and 32 pounds, which puts him in the 85th percentile in body mass index for his age. "Now they're giving us ... Breast-fed babies typically gain weight more slowly than formula-fed babies, starting at about 6 ...
More Kids Are Measuring 'Off the Charts' Wall Street Journal (India)

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Turkey fights back at ballooning weight gain; diebetes crisis - New York Daily News

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 08:12 AM PDT


New York Daily News

Turkey fights back at ballooning weight gain; diebetes crisis
New York Daily News
A person is considered overweight if his body mass index (BMI), a measure of body fat based on height and weight, is over 25, while a BMI over 30 qualifies one as obese. A study published in June by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, ...

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Gaining weight? Look to your friends, new study finds - Capital FM Kenya

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 03:08 AM PDT


Capital FM Kenya

Gaining weight? Look to your friends, new study finds
Capital FM Kenya
Over the course of two years, the students were surveyed about their weight, friendships, sports activities and television and computer time. Researchers also calculated each student's body mass index (BMI). The results, published in the journal PLoS ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>DETECTO’s New ProDoc® Body Fat Analysis Scales Provide Clinical-Grade Accuracy

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 12:23 AM PDT

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Who should start using new weight loss pills? - Boston Globe

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 10:47 PM PDT


Boston Globe

Who should start using new weight loss pills?
Boston Globe
A. Both drugs were approved for those who are obese — defined as a body mass index of 30 or above — or overweight with a BMI of at least 27 and a weight-related complication such as diabetes, high blood pressure, or high cholesterol. (Note: A 5'5 ...
FDA approves weight-loss drug Healthcare Today
FDA Okays weight loss drug Qsymia, would you take it? Food Consumer
United States : QSYMIA receives approval from US FDA [TendersInfo (India)] Equities.com
Medical News Today  - DigitalJournal.com (press release)
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