Body Mass Index

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• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>POLL: Should Santa Still Be Fat? - fox4kc.com
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Many primary-care doctors want help treating obesity
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Casa Grande 'PHAT' class helps students slim down - KTAR.com
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Law: Don't slight overweight employees - The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines (blog)
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Kids spend 10000 hours gaming – about same time as in classroom - Appeal-Democrat
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Overweight? You can scale back weight gain in pregnancy - Medical Xpress

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>POLL: Should Santa Still Be Fat? - fox4kc.com Posted: 23 Dec 2012 02:37 PM PST fox4kc.com POLL: Should Santa Still Be Fat? fox4kc.com Research shows that people can have a higher body mass index and still be healthy, Kitchin said. One can assume Santa is pretty active, wrangling hundreds of elves and nine reindeer every year. And his cheery disposition says a lot about his stress ... and more »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Many primary-care doctors want help treating obesity Posted: 23 Dec 2012 12:32 PM PST Only 44 percent of primary-care doctors say they've helped obese patients lose weight, and many believe that nutritionists and dietitians are the most qualified care providers for these patients, researchers have found.

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Casa Grande 'PHAT' class helps students slim down - KTAR.com Posted: 23 Dec 2012 07:53 AM PST Casa Grande 'PHAT' class helps students slim down KTAR.com Many of the kids in the class registered a 40 percent body mass index when they started, he said. Anything higher than 30 percent is considered obese, according to the National Institutes of Health. Rene Galvez, 15, said he joined the class because his ... and more »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Law: Don't slight overweight employees - The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines (blog) Posted: 23 Dec 2012 05:13 AM PST Law: Don't slight overweight employees The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines (blog) Earlier this year, a Texas hospital created a furor when it stated it would no longer hire anyone with a body mass index (BMI) of 35 or higher. (A BMI of 15 to 25 is considered normal). To put this in perspective, that's 210 pounds for a 5-foot, 5-inch ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Kids spend 10000 hours gaming – about same time as in classroom - Appeal-Democrat Posted: 23 Dec 2012 12:01 AM PST Kids spend 10000 hours gaming – about same time as in classroom Appeal-Democrat Physical fitness scores in the Yuba-Sutter area increased slightly since last year, but still show nearly one-third of students falling into the high risk category for body composition — otherwise known as body mass index. Video games faulted for Y-S ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Overweight? You can scale back weight gain in pregnancy - Medical Xpress Posted: 21 Dec 2012 02:44 AM PST Overweight? You can scale back weight gain in pregnancy Medical Xpress 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 ACOG: IOM's Gestational Weight Gain Guide Is Basis for Practice Doctors Lounge all 8 news articles »

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