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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>BMI: Ohio school children screenings - 19 Action News

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 06:52 PM PDT


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BMI: Ohio school children screenings
19 Action News
The Ohio Department of Health released the' first report on Body Mass Index (BMI) screenings of Ohio's school children Wednesday. Senate Bill 210 of the 128th General Assembly requires school districts to conduct individual-level BMI screenings each ...
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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Obese patients create big problems for surgeons - Orlando Sentinel

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 04:48 PM PDT


Obese patients create big problems for surgeons
Orlando Sentinel
(To calculate your BMI, go to nhlbisupport.com/bmi). At that point, surgical complications soar, said Holloway, who routinely operates on patients who have BMIs from 40 to 55. "Over that is unusual and very, very difficult." These complications are ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Severely obese children show signs of heart disease - Halifax Evening Courier

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 03:42 PM PDT


The Sun

Severely obese children show signs of heart disease
Halifax Evening Courier
As there were no internationally accepted criteria for defining severe obesity in children, researchers defined severe obesity using gender and age-dependant cut-off points for BMI based on adult BMI cut-off points for severe obesity (considered as ...
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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Learn more about your BMI - Royal Oak Daily Tribune

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 09:54 AM PDT


Jagran Post

Learn more about your BMI
Royal Oak Daily Tribune
By the numbers: A normal BMI is less than 25. Obesity begins at 30. In between is considered overweight. To calculate yours: http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/. The advice sounds like a no-brainer, considering the national anxiety about our growing ...
The Body Shape Index PLoS Blogs (blog)
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Health: All Those Numbers Yeshiva World News
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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Keeping home & health intact - Tallahassee Democrat (blog)

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 11:05 PM PDT


Keeping home & health intact
Tallahassee Democrat (blog)
Whether or not someone is overweight is determined by their Body Mass Index (BMI), which is calculated using someone's weight in proportion to his or her height. A BMI between 25 and 30 is considered overweight and over 30 is considered obese.

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Weight and See

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 04:09 PM PDT

FitBit's Aria scale measures your weight and fat percentage, then logs it to the cloud, graphs it on a mobile app -- and even tweets it if you want.

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Doctors Requested To Calculate BMI Of Their Patients - RedOrbit

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 07:42 AM PDT


Men's Fitness

Doctors Requested To Calculate BMI Of Their Patients
RedOrbit
A government panel renewed a recommendation for every adult to be screened for obesity during checkups, suggesting more physicians should be routinely calculating their patients' body mass index (BMI). "We found that some weight-loss programs do work ...
Know your BMI: Docs urged to screen for obesity Atlanta Journal Constitution
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