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Friday, October 5, 2012

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Withings Wi-Fi Body Scale: Full Review - LAPTOP Magazine

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 03:11 PM PDT


Withings Wi-Fi Body Scale: Full Review
LAPTOP Magazine
The Withings Wi-Fi Body Scale records your weight, lean mass, fat mass and body mass index to give you a more complete picture of your overall fitness level. But can the Wi-Fi Body Scale help you understand the meaning of all of these measurements for ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Is Retirement Making You Fat? - Yahoo! News (blog)

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 02:49 PM PDT


Is Retirement Making You Fat?
Yahoo! News (blog)
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"/>Six ways you can cut your chances of breast cancer - Hi-Desert Star

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 02:21 PM PDT


Six ways you can cut your chances of breast cancer
Hi-Desert Star
Try to keep your body-mass index under 25, and maintain a healthy weight over time instead of trying to lose a large amount of weight all at once. Eating healthy can help you keep your weight down. Consider keeping a diet high in vegetables, fruits ...

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

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 11:33 AM PDT


Hysterectomy with ovary removal tied to weight gain
ModernMedicine
That difference was about two points on a body mass index (BMI) scale. Carolyn Gibson, the lead author of the study and a graduate student at the University of Pittsburgh, said conditions that lead to hysterectomy - such as endometriosis and uterine ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Kiwis punch above weight - Otago Daily Times

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 09:49 AM PDT


Kiwis punch above weight
Otago Daily Times
... Zealanders would like to think." The researchers used country-specific data on body mass index and heights to estimate the biomass of the world's adult population and calculated the total biomass as the product of population size and average body mass.

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Severely Obese Americans on the Rise - U.S. News & World Report

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 07:08 AM PDT


Severely Obese Americans on the Rise
U.S. News & World Report
The findings mean that more than 15 million U.S. adults are severely obese, with a body-mass index of 40 or more. BMI is a measure of body fat based on height and weight. But there was some good news. Beginning in 2005, the increasing rate of severely ...

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Growth information to be recorded electronically - Voxy

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 07:51 PM PDT


Growth information to be recorded electronically
Voxy
Professor Barry Taylor and his colleagues at the Southern DHB have developed an electronic system for documenting child health growth information based on height, weight and automatically calculated body mass index (BMI). Other body measurements ...

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

Posted: 02 Oct 2012 10:18 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 04:43 PM PDT

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

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