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Friday, August 10, 2012

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Kids With Hepatitis C Treated With Peginterferon Show Body Size Changes - Medical News Today

Posted: 10 Aug 2012 02:08 PM PDT


Kids With Hepatitis C Treated With Peginterferon Show Body Size Changes
Medical News Today
According to a follow-up of the Pediatric Study of Hepatitis C (PEDS-C) trial, children with hepatitis C (HCV) who were treated with peginterferon alpha (pegIFNα) display considerable changes in weight, height, body mass index (BMI), and body composition.

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Self-Perceived Overweight in Teens Impacts Weight Gain - Doctors Lounge

Posted: 10 Aug 2012 10:05 AM PDT


Zee News

Self-Perceived Overweight in Teens Impacts Weight Gain
Doctors Lounge
The researchers found that normal-weight adolescents who perceived themselves as overweight had a larger weight gain than those who perceived themselves as normal weight (difference, 0.66 body mass index units; 3.46 cm waist circumference).
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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>New Weight-Loss Drugs Could Well Be America's Next Health Care Disaster - San Diego Free Press

Posted: 10 Aug 2012 09:12 AM PDT


New Weight-Loss Drugs Could Well Be America's Next Health Care Disaster
San Diego Free Press
Similar warnings appear for Belviq. Both drugs are strictly approved for adults with "initial body mass index (BMI) of 30 kg/m2″ and other obesity-related risks factors–not for people who are a size 4 and want to be a size 2. They are also approved as ...

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Weight management program offers help for kids - KPRC Houston

Posted: 10 Aug 2012 02:03 AM PDT


KPRC Houston

Weight management program offers help for kids
KPRC Houston
Taylor said the program accepts patients 2 to 21 years old with a body mass index (BMI) higher than 95 percent, combined with a chronic illness, like type 2 diabetes and obstructive sleep apnea. Each child is closely monitored by a team of physicians, ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Why Stressed-Out Men Prefer Heavier Women - TIME

Posted: 09 Aug 2012 08:11 AM PDT


TIME

Why Stressed-Out Men Prefer Heavier Women
TIME
(MORE: Women May Suffer Fat Stigma Even After Losing Weight). The findings fall in line with evolutionary theories that ... They were asked them to "sell" themselves for five minutes, and then calculate answers to simple math problems under time ...
Bigger BMI better? Stress alters men's notion of female attractiveness: study Calgary Herald
Stressed men drawn to heavy women BBC News
Stressed-out men prefer a fleshier woman The Southern
GlobalPost
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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Diabetes can strike—hard—even when weight is normal - Harvard Health Publications (blog)

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 11:01 AM PDT


Myjoyonline.com

Diabetes can strike—hard—even when weight is normal
Harvard Health Publications (blog)
The researchers used body-mass index (BMI) to assign people to weight categories. (You can calculate your BMI here.) Normal: 18.5 to 24.9; Overweight: 25 to 29.9; Obese: 30 or greater. But BMI can be misleading, especially for people in the overweight ...
Can weight training prevent diabetes? Boston.com
Among diabetes patients, the obese outlive the trim Fox News
Obesity Paradox: Thin Not in for Type 2 Diabetes? WebMD
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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Death Rate In New-Onset Diabetes Higher In Those With Normal BMI - RedOrbit

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 07:11 AM PDT


RedOrbit

Death Rate In New-Onset Diabetes Higher In Those With Normal BMI
RedOrbit
A recent study has found that, of people who have been newly diagnosed with diabetes, those with a normal body mass index (BMI) experience a higher mortality rate than those who are overweight. The Northwestern University study, published in the August ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Monroe library talk: Healthy eating for college and high school students on Aug. 10

Posted: 05 Aug 2012 02:13 AM PDT

A presentation on how college students can avoid "the freshman 15" through healthy eating will take place Friday, Aug. 10, at 3:30 in the Edith Wheeler Memorial Library's Ehlers Room.

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