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Wednesday, October 31, 2012

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Young, women prone to obesity in rural areas - Times of India

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 05:03 PM PDT


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Young, women prone to obesity in rural areas
Times of India
Scientists from the institute who first did the body mass index study between 2005 and 2007 repeated it between 2009 and 2011 on 10,500 people from Tiruvallur as a part of a study on the cardiovascular risk factors over a period of time. Body mass ...
Part 1: Childhood Obesity: A Deadly Disease KMVT
Enlisting Technology to Fight Obesity Huffington Post

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Are You A Candidate For Weight Loss Procedures? - FOX2now.com

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 04:06 PM PDT


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Are You A Candidate For Weight Loss Procedures?
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Are you a good candidate for such a procedure? If so, what kind? Doctors use guidelines established by the NIH based on the body mass index, an index of weight in relation to your height. Good candidates have a BMI of 40 or more or a BMI of 35 or more ...

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Calculating Your BMI: A Number to Live by - KATC Lafayette News

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 10:40 AM PDT


Calculating Your BMI: A Number to Live by
KATC Lafayette News
Obesity is defined as having a "body mass index" (BMI) above 30. Overweight means a BMI of 25 to 29.9. BMI is calculated by taking weight in pounds and dividing it by the square of height in inches, and multiplying the result by 703. For instance ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Calculating Your BMI: A Number to Live by

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 10:34 AM PDT

Obesity is defined as having a "body mass index" (BMI) above 30. Overweight means a BMI of 25 to 29.9. BMI is calculated by taking weight in pounds and dividing it by the square of height in inches, and multiplying the result by 703. For instance, someone who is 5 feet, 5 inches tall and weighs 185 pounds (84 kg) has a BMI of 30.8. That person is considered obese. You can calculate your BMI by ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Exercise Improves Middle-Aged Brains - Laboratory Equipment

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 09:34 AM PDT


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Exercise Improves Middle-Aged Brains
Laboratory Equipment
The participants all had a body-mass index (BMI) between 28 and 31 (overweight) in addition to one or more other cardiovascular risk factors. Body-mass index is calculated as a person's weight divided by their height squared (kg/m2) – 25 to 30 is ...
Exercise and Weight Loss Give Brain a Boost, Study Finds U.S. News & World Report
Exercise can increase cognitive function Private MD
Exercise Makes You Smarter PsychCentral.com
Toronto Star  - Healthline (blog)
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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Live at 12:30: Web chat on heart disease with ProMedica's Dr. Khan

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 08:18 AM PDT

Join our live web chat today from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. as Dr. Farrukh Khan, cardiologist with ProMedica Physicians, answers your questions about heart disease.

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Posted: 30 Oct 2012 07:49 PM PDT


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FOX Files: Weight Loss Family
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Weight loss surgery is an option for people who have a body mass index (BMI) of 40 (figured comparing height to weight) or a BMI of 35 with diseases such as diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, etc. Patients have to be evaluated and ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Weight loss in children can be a danger signal - North County Times

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 07:15 PM PDT


Weight loss in children can be a danger signal
North County Times
When he has his weight and height measured at the pediatrician's office four months later, his weight has dropped from 100 pounds to 60 pounds, he has not grown at all, and his Body Mass Index (BMI) has dropped from a normal 18 to 14; from the 75th ...

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