Body Mass Index

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• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Overweight? You Can Scale Back Weight Gain in Pregnancy - U.S. News & World Report
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Travel By Car Driving Obesity Epidemic, Say Researchers - Gadling
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Two-thirds of English men overweight - The Guardian
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Physicians admit feeling under qualified and lacking necessary education to treat obesity
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Physicians admit feeling under qualified and lacking necessary education to ... - EurekAlert (press release)
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>New formula calculates baby's obesity risk - Mother Nature Network
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Better reporting on computer models could dispel some of the mysteries of climate change

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Overweight? You Can Scale Back Weight Gain in Pregnancy - U.S. News & World Report Posted: 20 Dec 2012 02:06 PM PST Overweight? You Can Scale Back Weight Gain in Pregnancy U.S. News & World Report The weight categories are based on body-mass index (BMI), a calculation based on height and weight. A BMI between 18.5 and 24.9 is normal weight, between 25 and 29.9 is overweight and 30 or greater is considered obese. The guidelines, published in the ... Overweight Pregnant Women Can Safely Gain Under 25 Pounds Ob.Gyn. News Digital Network all 5 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Travel By Car Driving Obesity Epidemic, Say Researchers - Gadling Posted: 20 Dec 2012 01:09 PM PST The Star-Ledger - NJ.com Travel By Car Driving Obesity Epidemic, Say Researchers Gadling Using publicly available data on national average BMI, caloric intake and driving habits, the study found that driving just one mile a day less can make a difference. "One mile is really not much," Behzad says. "If they would just consider even taking ... Getting stuck in traffic adds to weight gain, experts say The Star-Ledger - NJ.com Spending Less Time in Car Can Help You Lose Weight Medical Daily Curbing car travel 'as effective as cutting calories' for weight loss Netdoctor all 5 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Two-thirds of English men overweight - The Guardian Posted: 20 Dec 2012 12:26 PM PST The Guardian Two-thirds of English men overweight The Guardian Overweight is defined as having a body mass index (BMI) of between 25 and 29, while someone with a BMI of 30 or more is classed as obese. BMI is calculated as someone's weight in kilograms divided by the square of their height in metres. Doctors and ... Obesity's paradoxical impact on trends in life expectancy The Conversation all 2 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Physicians admit feeling under qualified and lacking necessary education to treat obesity Posted: 19 Dec 2012 09:21 PM PST ( Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health ) New study finds that only 44 percent of primary care physicians reported success in helping obese patients lose weight and many identified nutritionists and dietitians as the most qualified providers to care for obese patients.

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Physicians admit feeling under qualified and lacking necessary education to ... - EurekAlert (press release) Posted: 19 Dec 2012 09:05 PM PST Physicians admit feeling under qualified and lacking necessary education to ... EurekAlert (press release) They found primary care physicians overwhelmingly supported additional training such as nutrition counseling and practiced bases changes such as having scales report body mass index, improve obesity care. Primary care physicians with fewer than 20 ... and more »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>New formula calculates baby's obesity risk - Mother Nature Network Posted: 29 Nov 2012 06:53 AM PST Mother Nature Network New formula calculates baby's obesity risk Mother Nature Network The formula estimates the child's obesity risk based on his or her birth weight, the body mass index of the parents, the number of people in the household, the mother's professional status and whether she smoked during pregnancy. (Photo: Dreamstime) ... New Formula Can Predict Obesity At Birth (But Don't New Parents Have Enough ... BlissTree New 'obesity calculator' predicts child's likelihood of being overweight Fox News Simple formula predicts child obesity at birth NBCNews.com (blog) Daily Mail  - dailyRx all 140 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Better reporting on computer models could dispel some of the mysteries of climate change Posted: 21 Nov 2012 10:25 AM PST By Larry Pryor: Now that climate topics have been allowed back in the public arena, its time for the media to fill some serious gaps in the coverage of climate science. A good place to start would be to explain how computer models work. While a story on the intricacies of algorithms might seem to be a yawner, if told from the point of view of a brilliant scientist, complete with compelling ...

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