Body Mass Index

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• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Students in Washoe County slightly more overweight and obese than national counterparts, data shows
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>African American Girls More Likely To Suffer Weight Gain, Stress Than White ... - RedOrbit
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>FDA Requires REMS for New Weight-management Drug - AAFP News Now
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>How Losing Weight Could Help Save The US Billions - Forbes
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Group predicts rapid rise in obesity in U.S.
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Weight Affects Breast Cancer Survival Rate - WOWT
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Health benefits of gastric bypass persist for years - Fox News
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Obesity in Hawaii is low, for now
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Weighty prediction: More than half the people in 39 states will be obese by 2030, group says
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Study: Obesity epidemic to be far worse by 2030
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Obese Ohioans may be majority in 2030
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>If you think we're fat now, wait till 2030 - NBCNews.com (blog)

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Students in Washoe County slightly more overweight and obese than national counterparts, data shows Posted: 19 Sep 2012 06:13 PM PDT A Hug High School student works on her obesity artwork last week. / Tim Dunn/RGJ Is your child overweight/obese?

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>African American Girls More Likely To Suffer Weight Gain, Stress Than White ... - RedOrbit Posted: 19 Sep 2012 03:10 PM PDT African American Girls More Likely To Suffer Weight Gain, Stress Than White ... RedOrbit Tomiyama and team looked at whether the experience of chronic stress in young girls over a 10-year period might have an effect on Body Mass Index (BMI), a measure of obesity. They were also interested in whether this effect might be different in white ... and more »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>FDA Requires REMS for New Weight-management Drug - AAFP News Now Posted: 19 Sep 2012 02:12 PM PDT BlissTree FDA Requires REMS for New Weight-management Drug AAFP News Now Qsymia is indicated as an adjunct to a reduced-calorie diet and increased physical activity for chronic weight management in adult patients with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 kg/m2 or more or a BMI of 27 kg/m2 or more in the presence of at least one ... Vivus Says Weight-loss Drug Qsymia Available In U.S. Market - Quick Facts NASDAQ New Diet Pill Qsymia Is Available Today TIME Qsymia, First FDA-Approved Weight Loss Drug In 13 Years, Hits The Market Today BlissTree iScienceTimes.com  - Equities.com all 68 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>How Losing Weight Could Help Save The US Billions - Forbes Posted: 19 Sep 2012 11:17 AM PDT Forbes How Losing Weight Could Help Save The US Billions Forbes One of Obama's attempts to address the obesity epidemic is laid out by the Community Transformation Grants, one of the goals of which is to reduce BMI (Body Mass Index) by 5 percent (the 1o pound factor). The second is The Diabetes Prevention Program, ... Obesity report predicts staggering weight gain, higher costs for health care Chicago Tribune Weight-Loss Surgery's Health Benefits Found to Have Costs Businessweek A 5 Percent Reduction in BMI Could Alter US Obesity Course Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants NorthJersey.com all 1,366 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Group predicts rapid rise in obesity in U.S. Posted: 19 Sep 2012 10:06 AM PDT NEW YORK — We Americans already know how fat we are. Can it get much worse? Apparently, yes, according to an advocacy group that predicts that by 2030 more than half the people in the vast majority of states will be obese. Mississippi is expected to retain its crown as ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Weight Affects Breast Cancer Survival Rate - WOWT Posted: 19 Sep 2012 05:19 AM PDT Weight Affects Breast Cancer Survival Rate WOWT Ehey say hormonal changes associated with obesity may fuel certain cancers. Researchers found a relationship between increasing body mass index and poor outcomes only in women who had hormone-receptor positive breast cancer, the most common ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Health benefits of gastric bypass persist for years - Fox News Posted: 19 Sep 2012 04:53 AM PDT Scientific American (blog) Health benefits of gastric bypass persist for years Fox News Bariatric surgery is typically recommended for people with a body mass index (BMI) - a measure of weight in relation to height - of at least 40, or at least 35 if they also have co-occurring health problems such as diabetes or severe sleep apnea. That ... Obesity surgery seems to reduce heart risks WBRC Early Risks, but Better Weight Control With Duodenal Switch Doctors Lounge Surgery for Extreme Obesity Produces Long-Term, Dramatic Weight Loss and ... Scientific American (blog) TIME all 102 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Obesity in Hawaii is low, for now Posted: 19 Sep 2012 04:43 AM PDT Hawaii's 2011 adult obesity rate is the second lowest in the nation, but that could change dramatically for the worse in 20 years, according to a report released Tuesday by two public health groups.

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Weighty prediction: More than half the people in 39 states will be obese by 2030, group says Posted: 19 Sep 2012 04:21 AM PDT The group's dismal forecast goes beyond the 42 percent national obesity level that federal health officials project by 2030

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Study: Obesity epidemic to be far worse by 2030 Posted: 19 Sep 2012 12:35 AM PDT NEW YORK — We Americans already know how fat we are. Can it get much worse?

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Obese Ohioans may be majority in 2030 Posted: 19 Sep 2012 12:10 AM PDT The notion that 6 in 10 Ohio adults will be obese by 2030 shouldn't seem far-fetched. If you add together people who are considered obese or overweight based on the body-mass index, the state already is over 60 percent, said Dr. Julie Cantrell, who works at OhioHealth's McConnell Heart Health Center in the medical weight-treatment program."It's basically a public-health crisis."

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>If you think we're fat now, wait till 2030 - NBCNews.com (blog) Posted: 18 Sep 2012 07:08 AM PDT If you think we're fat now, wait till 2030 NBCNews.com (blog) "But we have maps from 1991 and you see almost all the states below 10 percent." By 2011 every single state was above 20 percent obesity, as measured by body mass index (BMI), the accepted medical way to calculate obesity. Those with a BMI or 30 or ...

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