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Monday, September 3, 2012

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Can your love handles kill you?

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 09:28 AM PDT

New research shows people with concentrated "central" fat are more than 50% more likely to die earlier than those who are obese.

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Hospital's weight policy raising questions - 9NEWS.com

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 07:30 AM PDT


9NEWS.com

Hospital's weight policy raising questions
9NEWS.com
The BMI is calculated based on an individual's height and weight. The company reportedly enacted the policy due to customer preferences as to the appearance of its workers. Nearly 37% of adults in this country are considered obese, according to the ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Can love handles kill?

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 05:41 AM PDT

I have a paunch, but I hide it pretty well. Like lots of men, I collect calories in my belly?what scientists call the visceral region, my gut.

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Can love handles kill? - CNN

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 05:25 AM PDT


Forbes

Can love handles kill?
CNN
Lopez-Jimenez and his team reviewed information on both body-mass index (BMI) -- a measure of how fat you are in proportion to your height -- and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), the circumference of your belly in relation to the circumference of your hips ...
Why Love Handles and Belly Fat Are So Dangerous To Your Health Forbes
Love Handles are More Deadly than Obesity JDJournal.com

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Chocolate may help keep people slim - The News International

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 03:24 AM PDT


The News International

Chocolate may help keep people slim
The News International
The findings come from a study of nearly 1,000 US people that looked at diet, calorie intake and body mass index (BMI), a measure of obesity, reported BBC. It found those who ate chocolate a few times a week were, on average, slimmer than those who ate ...

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>How to bill for screening and treating obesity in adults - American Medical News

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 09:37 PM PDT


How to bill for screening and treating obesity in adults
American Medical News
Calculating a BMI for patients and documenting a follow-up plan if the weight is high is one measure practices can use to qualify for meaningful use incentive payments from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for implementing an EHR.

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