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Monday, December 31, 2012

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Law against anorexic models to go into effect - Jerusalem Post

Posted: 31 Dec 2012 04:59 PM PST


Law against anorexic models to go into effect
Jerusalem Post
Starting on Tuesday, female and male models who have a body mass index (BMI) of less than 18.5 may not be shown in the media or on Israeli websites or go down the catwalk at fashion shows. The law, initiated by then-Kadima MK Rachel Adatto, aims to ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>QCS offers financial aid for cancer patients - Peninsula On-line

Posted: 31 Dec 2012 04:33 PM PST


QCS offers financial aid for cancer patients
Peninsula On-line
An innovative part of the webpage is the tools and calculator section for users to determine their body mass index, as well as calories, heart rate and smoking cost calculator. There is also information about cancer treatment and stories of hope told ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>UK needs its own Michelle Obama to tackle obesity, say doctors - The Guardian

Posted: 31 Dec 2012 04:01 PM PST


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UK needs its own Michelle Obama to tackle obesity, say doctors
The Guardian
Weight loss surgery is recommended by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence for people who are over a BMI (body mass index, which relates weight to height) of 35 and have related medical problems. But there is a 93-fold variation in ...
Obese British medics should consider weight loss surgery to set example - report RT
NHS staff 'should consider weight loss surgery to set a better example to ... Telegraph.co.uk
Overweight doctors and nurses 'should be given stomach stapling surgery ... Daily Mail

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>I still hated my body - Fiji Times

Posted: 31 Dec 2012 11:54 AM PST


I still hated my body
Fiji Times
By this point, I officially was 'morbidly obese' (my Body Mass Index was over 40) and I wanted more than anything not to be. It sounded like a miracle answer: a reduced stomach that could hold only a small portion of food and wouldn't tolerate too much ...

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Weighing In on Wi-Fi Scales - All Things Digital

Posted: 31 Dec 2012 06:08 AM PST


All Things Digital

Weighing In on Wi-Fi Scales
All Things Digital
The two I tested looked nearly identical, with all-white bodies and gleaming surfaces. But the more costly FitBit Aria scale measures weight, body fat and BMI, an estimated calculation of your body fat based on weight and height, and the Withings WS-30 ...

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>GEOLOGY returns to Naica Cave, Mexico, and extends its reach to Mercury

Posted: 21 Dec 2012 06:31 AM PST

( Geological Society of America ) GEOLOGY ends 2012 with 23 new articles spanning a variety of geoscience phenomena and locations, including Mercury; Naica Cave, Mexico; Diamantina, Brazil; the Galápagos hotspot; China; the Aleutian island arc; Disko Bay and Uummannaq Fjord, central West Greenland; the California arc; the Pacific Ring of Fire; Po Plain, Italy; Torfajökull, Iceland; the US Sierra ...

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