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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Epilepsy Drug Shows Promise as Weight-Loss Aid, Study Says - Doctors Lounge

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 05:02 PM PDT


Epilepsy Drug Shows Promise as Weight-Loss Aid, Study Says
Doctors Lounge
The participants' average age was 43, and their average body-mass index (BMI) was nearly 38. BMI is a calculation of body fat based on height and weight, and a BMI of more than 30 is considered obese. None had diabetes. All study participants followed ...

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Avoiding sugary drinks helps with weight - UPI.com

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 05:00 PM PDT


Avoiding sugary drinks helps with weight
UPI.com
The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, found the experimental group of adolescents -- who virtually eliminated consumption of sugary beverages -- gained 4 fewer pounds and had essentially no body mass index increase compared ...

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Nearly 31 percent of Hoosiers obese According to Study - Muncie Free Press

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 03:08 PM PDT


Muncie Free Press

Nearly 31 percent of Hoosiers obese According to Study
Muncie Free Press
People are classified as obese when their body mass index (BMI), a measurement obtained by dividing a person's weight in kilograms by the square of the person's height in meters, exceeds 30. "The percentage of adults who are obese has steadily ...
Browse City Guides Boise Weekly
Obesity ruining your health - and your MPG Autoblog UK (blog)

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Posted: 15 Oct 2012 02:55 PM PDT


Arena Pharma Initiates PAH Study - Analyst Blog
NASDAQ
... Belviq as an adjunct to a healthy diet (low on calories) and increased physical activity for chronic weight management in obese (Body Mass Index, or BMI, ≥30) or overweight (BMI ≥27) adults suffering from at least one weight-related co-morbid ...

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Diabetes predicts severe osteoarthritis independently of BMI - News-Medical.net

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 02:15 PM PDT


Diabetes predicts severe osteoarthritis independently of BMI
News-Medical.net
"Our study is the first to show that Type 2 diabetes predicts severe OA independent of age, sex, and BMI [body mass index]," say Georg Schett (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany) and colleagues. Traditionally, mechanical factors have ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Weight loss surgery tied to increase in drinking - Reuters

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 01:25 PM PDT


Weight loss surgery tied to increase in drinking
Reuters
Participants started the study with an average body mass index, or BMI, of 46 - equivalent to a five-foot, six-inch person who weighs 285 pounds. Surgery is typically recommended for people with a BMI of at least 40, or at least 35 if they also have ...

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Tonsil Removal Not a Factor in Obesity - MedPage Today

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 01:01 PM PDT


MedPage Today

Tonsil Removal Not a Factor in Obesity
MedPage Today
The body mass index (BMI) percentile for age increased from 66.9 to 72.6 within 18 months following tonsillectomy (P<0.001), an increase driven by the change in children ages 2 to 4, according to Richard Schmidt, MD, of Nemours/Alfred I. duPont ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Weight-loss service hailed - Hartlepool Mail

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 08:19 AM PDT


Hartlepool Mail

Weight-loss service hailed
Hartlepool Mail
Bariatric specialist nurse Sara Close said: "There are certain criteria which the patients must meet to be able to have the gastric bypass. "Patients need a body mass index (BMI) of over 35. Pamela's body mass index was 46.7 and has since reduced to 34.

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>County by county news for Saturday

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 03:16 PM PDT

COBBMiracle League Poker Run set for todayThe "Wheels for Diamonds Poker Run," a fundraiser for The Miracle League is 10:30 today at Mountain Motorsports, Conyers.

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