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Saturday, December 8, 2012

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Simple Formula Predicts Obesity Risk at Birth - WebMD

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 01:39 AM PST


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Simple Formula Predicts Obesity Risk at Birth
WebMD
The formula calculates childhood obesity risk based on variables that include the baby's birth weight, both parents' body mass index (BMI), whether the mother smoked during pregnancy, her professional status, and the number of people living in the baby ...
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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Ideal Weight: Americans Want To Weigh 162 Pounds, On Average, Report Finds

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 11:35 PM PST

U.S. men's "ideal weight" is 14 pounds heavier and women's "ideal weight" is 11 pounds heavier than they were 20 years ago, the Gallup report showed. Specifically, men today say that their "ideal weight" is 185 pounds. They weigh, on average, 196 pounds.

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Dietitians Dish: Nutrition important for those with cancer

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 02:37 PM PST

Dietitians Dish: Nutrition important for those with cancer

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>BMI May Help Prediction of Heart Risk - MedPage Today

Posted: 12 Nov 2012 01:00 PM PST


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BMI May Help Prediction of Heart Risk
MedPage Today
Patient height and weight are more widely available, however, and thus replacing an assessment of cholesterol levels with BMI could allow for greater use of methods for calculating cardiovascular risk. Faeh and colleagues explored that possibility ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Rethinking body mass index for assessing cancer risk - Science Codex

Posted: 08 Nov 2012 06:37 AM PST


Rethinking body mass index for assessing cancer risk
Science Codex
BMI is calculated by dividing a person's weight (in kilograms) by his or her height in meters squared, or W/H2. Most of the early studies that used the formula, starting roughly sixty years ago, were conducted among middle-aged men. BMI has become the ...

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