Body Mass Index

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• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>RYAN BAKKEN: Working hard just to be overweight - Grand Forks Herald
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>The politics–and profits–of weight loss - MSNBC
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Editorial: News on body weight may lessen obsessing - MassLive.com
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>New Israeli law banning underweight models goes into effect, aims to prevent ... - nwitimes.com
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Lifestyle: The Skinny on Obesity - Chapelboro.com
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>PCPs agree they may not be the best health care professionals to give weight related counseling

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>RYAN BAKKEN: Working hard just to be overweight - Grand Forks Herald Posted: 11 Jan 2013 05:03 PM PST RYAN BAKKEN: Working hard just to be overweight Grand Forks Herald So, they reason, they're good. The official classification is defined by what's called a body mass index, which is calculated by measuring a person's weight by their height. As one AMA official put it, the correlation between BMI and body fat can be ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>The politics–and profits–of weight loss - MSNBC Posted: 11 Jan 2013 04:44 PM PST The politics–and profits–of weight loss MSNBC "[Body mass index] does nothing to measure fat tissue," she said, noting how misinformed Americans are about factors that contribute to weight loss and health. The shortfall in information is matched by a shortage of good produce. Jacquie Berger ... and more »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Editorial: News on body weight may lessen obsessing - MassLive.com Posted: 11 Jan 2013 01:08 PM PST Editorial: News on body weight may lessen obsessing MassLive.com The bottom line is this: Weight isn't everything. In fact, people with a body mass index that puts them into the category above the so-called normal range, into overweight and below obese, would seem to actually live longer lives than their svelter ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>New Israeli law banning underweight models goes into effect, aims to prevent ... - nwitimes.com Posted: 11 Jan 2013 07:57 AM PST New Israeli law banning underweight models goes into effect, aims to prevent ... nwitimes.com The U.N. agency relies on the body mass index, calculated by factors of weight and height. WHO says a body mass index below 18.5 indicates malnutrition. According to that standard, a woman 1.72 meters tall (5-feet-8) should weigh no less than 54 ... and more »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Lifestyle: The Skinny on Obesity - Chapelboro.com Posted: 11 Jan 2013 07:28 AM PST Chapelboro.com Lifestyle: The Skinny on Obesity Chapelboro.com Don't fret however, it's not important that we know how to do the calculation, just that we know BMI is a ratio of weight and height, and that any internet calculator will yield the same results. Once we have done the math we arrive at one number that ... Anemia in relation to body mass index and waist circumference among chinese ... 7thSpace Interactive (press release) A Good Way to Measure Obesity? Fat Chance Wall Street Journal BMI still best obesity gauge Investor's Business Daily Daily Beast  - Healio  - Longview Daily News all 13 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>PCPs agree they may not be the best health care professionals to give weight related counseling Posted: 21 Dec 2012 04:34 AM PST Your primary care physician may be your first choice for assistance with most health-related issues, but according a new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, primary care physicians agree they may not be the best health care professionals to give weight related counseling.

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