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Monday, September 24, 2012

Body Mass Index

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Unhealthy eating deserves closer look - MSU State News

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 03:38 PM PDT


Lexington Herald Leader
Unhealthy eating deserves closer look
MSU State News
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines obese as persons who have a body mass index, or BMI, above 30. A person's BMI is calculated using their height and weight and tends to correlate with a person's body fat. With more than half the ...
Nation's obesity woes persist Wisconsin State Journal

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Male BMI effects embryo quality, IVF outcome - News-Medical.net

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 02:15 PM PDT


Male BMI effects embryo quality, IVF outcome
News-Medical.net
By Sally Robertson, medwireNews Reporter. Male body mass index (BMI) influences pregnancy outcome in couples undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) through its effect on embryo quality rather than on sperm parameters, report researchers. The quality ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Study links rapid weight gain with perio disease risk in men - DrBicuspid.com

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 01:26 PM PDT


Study links rapid weight gain with perio disease risk in men
DrBicuspid.com
Waist circumference, as a surrogate measure of visceral fat, has been closely correlated with body mass index in estimating health risk, including periodontal disease, Gorman explained. "Now we can see that rates of gain in weight and adiposity, both ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Born This Way? The Upsetting Obsession Over Lady Gaga's Weight - Huffington Post (blog)

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 12:46 PM PDT


Born This Way? The Upsetting Obsession Over Lady Gaga's Weight
Huffington Post (blog)
Grammys and multi-platinum albums be damned: The Body Mass Index continues to be the gold standard measurement of success. Tempting as it may be to blame the evil empire known vaguely as "the media," some of us can and should take responsibility ...

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>The Effect Of Body Mass Index On Blood Pressure In Children Varies By Race - RedOrbit

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 11:15 AM PDT


The Effect Of Body Mass Index On Blood Pressure In Children Varies By Race
RedOrbit
The Effect Of Body Mass Index On Blood Pressure In Children Varies By Race. September ... While age and body weight were similar among black and white patients, black children had significantly higher blood pressure compared to their white counterparts.

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>New concerns about teen obesity - Philadelphia Inquirer (blog)

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 10:10 AM PDT


New concerns about teen obesity
Philadelphia Inquirer (blog)
You'll find an easy-to-use BMI calculator here. Just type in your child's height and weight and you'll get a BMI number. What does it mean? For kids and teens, age is also a factor in determining how healthy a given weight is, so use these BMI ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Taste Perceptions Differ for Obese, Non-Obese Children - Doctors Lounge

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 10:07 AM PDT


Taste Perceptions Differ for Obese, Non-Obese Children
Doctors Lounge
Johanna Overberg, from Charité Universitätsmedizin in Berlin, and colleagues analyzed gustatory sensitivity of 99 obese children (body mass index [BMI] >97th percentile) and 94 normal-weight subjects (BMI <90th percentile), aged 6 to 18 years, using ...
Obesity responsible for one third of coronary heart disease cases Food Consumer

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Tied to Increased BMI, Obesity - Monthly Prescribing Reference

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 07:21 AM PDT


New York Daily News
Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Tied to Increased BMI, Obesity
Monthly Prescribing Reference
(HealthDay News) – For adults, children, and teens, drinking sugar-sweetened beverages correlates with increases in body mass index (BMI) and obesity, according to three studies published online Sept 21 in the New England Journal of Medicine to ...
Sugary Sodas Lead To An Increased Risk Of Obesity RedOrbit
Non-caloric beverages can help teens avoid excessive weight gain, study shows Medical Xpress
Three studies find a more positive link between soda and genetic obesity allvoices
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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>EDITORIAL: Obesity moves past a numbers game, to a full-blown crisis

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 05:57 AM PDT

In a health report card, brutally titled "F as in Fat," the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Trust for America's Health last week predicted that half of all American adults will be obese by 2030. That prediction is only slightly more dire than the American Journal of Preventive Medicine's projection that 42 percent of all adults will be obese by then.

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Arkansas ranked one of 10 worst states for women's health

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 05:11 AM PDT

On this Medical Monday , Dr. Kay Chandler of Cornerstone Clinic for Women joins us with details on several programs available to Arkansan women that can help them improve their health and change those statistics.

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