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Wednesday, August 29, 2012

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Program pays for weight loss - fox5sandiego.com

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:02 PM PDT


Program pays for weight loss
fox5sandiego.com
Healthywage.com challenges their customers to drop a percentage of their body weight in a year and rewards them with money if they do. People with a body mass index (BMI) of over 30 percent can wager $300 to win $1000. The weight gambler has to drop ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Highest Cardiovascular Mortality for Normal BMI, Central Obesity - Doctors Lounge

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 10:12 AM PDT


Highest Cardiovascular Mortality for Normal BMI, Central Obesity
Doctors Lounge
Individuals with a high waist-to-hip ratio and normal body mass index have the worst cardiovascular mortality, according to a study presented at the annual European Society of Cardiology Congress, held from Aug. 25 to 29 in Munich. WEDNESDAY, Aug.

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Slim people with excess belly fat at higher risk for heart attack than obese - New York Daily News

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 10:09 AM PDT


New York Daily News

Slim people with excess belly fat at higher risk for heart attack than obese
New York Daily News
For their study, researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota examined the body mass index (BMI) and waist-to-hip ratio of 12,785 subjects 18 years and older from a representative sample of the US population. The mean age of the subjects ...
Apple-shaped but not obese? Don't be smug! Los Angeles Times
What does your waist size say about your heart health? eMaxHealth
Fat -Bellied People at Higher Death Risk Than Obese Businessweek
U.S. News & World Report  - The Atlantic
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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>People of Normal Weight With Belly Fat at Highest Death Risk - Bioscience Technology

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 08:43 AM PDT


People of Normal Weight With Belly Fat at Highest Death Risk
Bioscience Technology
Those studied were divided by body mass index into three categories (normal: 18.5–24.9 kg/m2; overweight: 25.0–29.9 kg/m2; and obese: >30 kg/m2) and two categories of waist-to-hip ratio (normal: <0.85 in women and <0.90 in men; and high: e0.85 in ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Many Obese Americans Struggle With Stigma, Discrimination, Poll Finds - U.S. News & World Report

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 07:02 AM PDT


Many Obese Americans Struggle With Stigma, Discrimination, Poll Finds
U.S. News & World Report
Among other questions, the poll asked participants their height and weight to calculate their body mass index (BMI, a ratio of weight to height). A BMI of 30 to 35 is considered obese, and anything higher than that falls into the morbidly obese category.

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Study: Obesity surgery can help prevent diabetes - Boston.com

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 08:46 PM PDT


New York Times (blog)

Study: Obesity surgery can help prevent diabetes
Boston.com
Weight-loss info: http://win.niddk.nih.gov. Body Mass Index calculator: http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/bminojs.htm. New England Journal: http://www.nejm.org. ___. Marilynn Marchione can be followed at http://twitter.com/MMarchioneAP end of story ...
Weight-Loss Surgery May Help Prevent Type 2 Diabetes Philadelphia Inquirer
Weight-Loss Surgery May Prevent Diabetes New York Times (blog)
Weight loss surgery helps prevent diabetes Fox News

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Hands-on with Fitbit Aria, the Wi-Fi smart scale

Posted: 01 Aug 2012 11:19 AM PDT

For those obsessed with getting to their goal weight, the Fitbit Aria will track your weight, body fat, and store it all in a pretty package.

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