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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Call to note BMI every three months - MSN News UK

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 05:47 PM PST


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Call to note BMI every three months
MSN News UK
People should measure their body mass index (BMI) every three months in a bid to curb the nation's growing obesity problem, a charity said. The Obesity Management Association (OMA) said every person should know their own BMI and that of their family ...
Decline in average-weight population leads to health-care conundrum CTV News
Study says forget the obese. What about the malnourished? Globe and Mail
Obesity increasing among rich in developing nations, while poor remain ... Toronto Star

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Want to Be CEO? What's Your BMI? - Wall Street Journal

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 05:26 PM PST


Wall Street Journal

Want to Be CEO? What's Your BMI?
Wall Street Journal
Executives with larger waistlines and higher body-mass-index readings tend to be perceived as less effective in the workplace, both in performance and interpersonal relationships, according to data compiled by CCL. BMI, a common measure of body fat, ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>This Week in PLOS Medicine: Mobile-health; BMI in LMICs; MHTF; GMHP - PLoS Blogs (blog)

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 04:49 PM PST


PLoS Blogs (blog)

This Week in PLOS Medicine: Mobile-health; BMI in LMICs; MHTF; GMHP
PLoS Blogs (blog)
Caroline Free and colleagues systematically review a fast-moving field, that of the effectiveness of mobile technology interventions delivered to healthcare consumers, and conclude that high-quality, adequately powered trials of optimized interventions ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Coca-Cola Starts Advertising to Curb U.S. Obesity

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 05:35 AM PST

Coca-Cola Co. (KO) , the world's largest soft-drink maker, has started airing television advertisements urging consumers to pay attention to calories, including those in its beverages, to help reduce obesity in the U.S.

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>A BMI Referendum - Wall Street Journal (blog)

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 08:36 PM PST


Wall Street Journal

A BMI Referendum
Wall Street Journal (blog)
However, he acknowledges the usefulness of having "a one-number summary that is simple to calculate and it is not clear that there is a better summary than BMI — at least based on using only height and weight." Some researchers advocate supplementing ...
Lifestyle: The Skinny on Obesity Chapelboro.com
BMI still best obesity gauge Investor's Business Daily
Esther Cepeda: Still a hefty problem The Sun
Daily Beast
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