Body Mass Index

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>E-gadgets can help you stay on a plan for fitness, losing weight - Florida Times-Union
<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Start now: Physiologically friendly living - The Sunday Times Sri Lanka
<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Extra pounds tied to higher risk of hospitalization - Chicago Tribune
<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Heavy Lifting For Ambulance Crews
<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Eat to live
<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Epilepsy drug Zonegran helps reduce weight, study shows - Newsday
<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Epilepsy drug shows promise as weight-loss aid - MyFox Philadelphia
<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Being overweight can influence many health conditions - Auburn Citizen

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>E-gadgets can help you stay on a plan for fitness, losing weight - Florida Times-Union

Posted: 20 Oct 2012 01:57 PM PDT

E-gadgets can help you stay on a plan for fitness, losing weight
Florida Times-Union
It not only measures your weight, body fat, lean muscle and Body Mass Index, but it also connects to the Internet so you can keep track of your measurements through its website or an iPhone app (iPad and Android versions are coming soon). You can see ...

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Start now: Physiologically friendly living - The Sunday Times Sri Lanka

Posted: 20 Oct 2012 01:51 PM PDT

Start now: Physiologically friendly living
The Sunday Times Sri Lanka
For Amali and for all adults, calculating the body mass index (BMI) is a simple way of checking whether the weight is satisfactory for the height. The BMI is calculated by dividing the body weight (measured in kilograms) by the square of the height ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Extra pounds tied to higher risk of hospitalization - Chicago Tribune

Posted: 20 Oct 2012 12:27 PM PDT

Extra pounds tied to higher risk of hospitalization
Chicago Tribune
Among middle-aged adults, researchers found that every extra body mass index (BMI) point - equal to about six or seven pounds - was tied to a four-percent higher chance of being admitted to the hospital over a two-year period. "There is considerable ...
Extra inches stuck just using better threat connected with hospitalization Melodika.net (press release)

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Heavy Lifting For Ambulance Crews

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 11:24 PM PDT

Obesity Epidemic Is Changing Emergency Medical Transport MORE HEALTH-RELATED NEWS Emergency medical technicians have long shared a Murphy's Law kind of reckoning about obese patients: for every additional floor in a building, the patient will weigh 100 more pounds.

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Eat to live

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 10:21 PM PDT

GHNS -- GateHouse News Service It's no secret that good nutrition is a key component in breast health and disease prevention. But sometimes it takes a little reminding as to what good nutrition really is, and there is no better time for a primer than during National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Epilepsy drug Zonegran helps reduce weight, study shows - Newsday

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 06:10 AM PDT

Epilepsy drug Zonegran helps reduce weight, study shows
Newsday
The study of Eisai's medicine involved 225 people whose body mass index was 37.6 on average and didn't have diabetes. Individuals took a placebo, 200 milligrams or 400 milligrams of Zonegran in addition to receiving diet and lifestyle counseling by a ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Epilepsy drug shows promise as weight-loss aid - MyFox Philadelphia

Posted: 17 Oct 2012 10:19 AM PDT

Epilepsy drug shows promise as weight-loss aid
MyFox Philadelphia
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 ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Being overweight can influence many health conditions - Auburn Citizen

Posted: 17 Oct 2012 12:04 AM PDT

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