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Thursday, October 4, 2012

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Is retirement making you fat? - MarketWatch

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 02:13 PM PDT


MarketWatch

Is retirement making you fat?
MarketWatch
The study focused on "body mass index," or BMI, which is calculated by dividing a person's weight by his or her height. The researchers found that the average person added .24 to their body mass index upon retirement. That's not a huge amount ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Mass Diabetes Screening Doesn't Change Death Rates - Ob.Gyn. News Digital Network

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 02:04 PM PDT


Mass Diabetes Screening Doesn't Change Death Rates
Ob.Gyn. News Digital Network
The stepwise process included capillary blood glucose and hemoglobin A1c tests, and a confirmatory oral glucose tolerance test. Those who had the OGTT also had a cardiovascular risk factor assessment that included body mass index, waist circumference, ...

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>BMI No Issue for Vytorin in Diabetes - MedPage Today

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 12:46 PM PDT


BMI No Issue for Vytorin in Diabetes
MedPage Today
"Regardless of baseline body mass index, more subjects achieved specified LDL-cholesterol, non-HDL-cholesterol, and apo B targets when treated with ezetimibe/simvastatin 10 mg/20 mg than doubling the baseline statin dose to simvastatin 40 mg or ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>BMI and lean body mass decline after allogeneic HSCT - Medical Xpress

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 12:40 PM PDT


BMI and lean body mass decline after allogeneic HSCT
Medical Xpress
In survivors of childhood hematologic malignancies who have received allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, body mass index decreases significantly, mainly due to a reduction in lean, not fat, body mass, according to research published ...

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Fire service called in 50 times to winch fat people out - Telegraph.co.uk

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 10:51 AM PDT


Telegraph.co.uk

Fire service called in 50 times to winch fat people out
Telegraph.co.uk
By comparison, across the European Union as a whole it is just 14 per cent. BMI is calculated by taking one's mass in kilograms and dividing it by the square of one's height in metres. Anyone with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or more is classified as ...

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Hysterectomy with ovary removal tied to weight gain - Fox News

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 10:15 AM PDT


Hysterectomy with ovary removal tied to weight gain
Fox News
Women who ended up having a hysterectomy started out the study heavier, on average, than those who went through natural menopause. That difference was about two points on a body mass index (BMI) scale - equal to about 10 pounds. Carolyn Gibson ...

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Increased Weight Cuts Death Risk in Rheumatoid Arthritis - Doctors Lounge

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 10:10 AM PDT


Increased Weight Cuts Death Risk in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Doctors Lounge
The researchers found that 63 to 68 percent were obese (body mass index [BMI], 30 kg/m² or more) and 2 percent were underweight (BMI less than 18.5 kg/m²). There was a reduction in the relative risk [RR] for all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in ...

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Advice to survivors: Lose weight - NorthJersey.com

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 06:01 AM PDT


NorthJersey.com

Advice to survivors: Lose weight
NorthJersey.com
And researchers found that as a woman's body mass index rises, so, too, does the chance of recurrence. "We found that obesity at diagnosis of breast cancer is associated with about a 30 percent higher risk of recurrence and a nearly 50 percent higher ...
Healthy weight could prevent 22000 cancer cases Telegraph.co.uk
Weight loss 'could prevent 22000 cancer cases' Health Insurance and Protection Magazine
More Britons suffer from cancer gulfnews.com
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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Pharmacy in weight loss countdown - Belfast Newsletter

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 03:22 AM PDT


Belfast Newsletter

Pharmacy in weight loss countdown
Belfast Newsletter
"Anyone worried about excess weight should come to get their Body Mass Index (BMI) calculated. This will reveal if they're a healthy weight for their height and help us work together to create a realistic weight loss plan." She adds: "To sustain a ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>DETECTO’s New ProDoc® Body Fat Analysis Scales Provide Clinical-Grade Accuracy

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 12:41 AM PDT

DETECTO's new digital ProDoc® series body fat analysis scales features USB and serial connectivity for efficient EMR/EHR.Webb City, MO (PRWEB) October 04, 2012 DETECTO's new ProDoc® series body fat analysis scales are available in floor-level, low-profile with remote display or eye-level versions with digital or mechanical height rods and optional P50 printer. DETECTO's PD150/PD350 series offer ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Review: Fitbit Aria

Posted: 02 Oct 2012 01:43 AM PDT

Fitbit Aria brings the futuristic world of The Jetsons one step closer by computerising the humble weighing scales. After connecting it to your home wireless network, your weight is recorded on your Fitbit account as well as being shown on the scales. Its glass surface contains electrodes that send a pulse through your body to measure its fat percentage, from which it can calculate your Body ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Students in Washoe County slightly more overweight and obese than national counterparts, data shows

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 06:13 PM PDT

A Hug High School student works on her obesity artwork last week. / Tim Dunn/RGJ Is your child overweight/obese?

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Adult Obesity Rates Could Exceed 60 Percent in 13 States by 2030, According to New Study

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 07:00 AM PDT

Related Health Care Costs Could Climb by More Than 20 Percent in Nine StatesWASHINGTON, Sept. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The number of obese adults, along with related disease rates and health care costs, are on course to increase dramatically in every state in the country over the next 20 years, according to F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America's Future 2012, a report released ...

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