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Monday, January 21, 2013

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Obese people likelier to die in car accidents: study - Channel News Asia

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 05:44 PM PST


AFP

Obese people likelier to die in car accidents: study
Channel News Asia
The team then compared the risk of fatality against the victim's estimated body mass index (BMI), a benchmark of fat, which is calculated by taking one's weight in kilogrammes and dividing it by one's height in metres squared. An adult with a BMI of ...
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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Obese Patients Urged to Lose Weight Before Kidney Transplant - U.S. News & World Report

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 02:06 PM PST


Obese Patients Urged to Lose Weight Before Kidney Transplant
U.S. News & World Report
But, Lentine said, "these guidelines also note that we don't have enough data to determine if some obese patients aren't appropriate candidates to receive kidney transplants at all. For this reason, current acceptable BMI limits for kidney transplant ...

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>You Might Be Thinner (or Fatter) Than You Think According to New BMI Formula - Jezebel

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 09:30 AM PST


You Might Be Thinner (or Fatter) Than You Think According to New BMI Formula
Jezebel
The formula used to calculate body mass index (BMI) has erroneously made tall people seem fatter than they are and shorter people seem thinner, according to mathematicians who say that it didn't take into account that a person's weight grows with their ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Mathematicians Find We've Been Calculating Body Mass Index Wrong

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 07:23 AM PST

Mathematicians found the formula used to calculate body mass index ( BMI ) has made tall people more overweight and those vertically challenged not fat enough.

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Mathematicians Find We've Been Calculating Body Mass Index Wrong - Business Insider

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 07:14 AM PST


New York Daily News

Mathematicians Find We've Been Calculating Body Mass Index Wrong
Business Insider
Mathematicians found the formula used to calculate body mass index (BMI) has made tall people more overweight and those vertically challenged not fat enough. They argued it did not take into account a person's weight tends to grow with their height ...
Is your BMI a lie? Formula that calculates healthy weight is flawed, says ... New York Daily News
Oxford Mathematician Explains the Body Mass Index Flaw Medical Daily
Body mass index calculations 'flawed' The Australian
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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Short people 'fatter than they think' under new BMI

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 02:09 AM PST

Shrot people have been made fatter by a new weight index, Oxford University researchers find.

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Researchers at Oxford University say current BMI formula is flawed - Daily Mail

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 06:12 AM PST


Researchers at Oxford University say current BMI formula is flawed
Daily Mail
Proposed changes to the official Body Mass Index mean tall people may not be as overweight as they thought, while those under 5ft 7ins could find themselves with a few extra pounds to shift. Researchers at Oxford University say the formula currently ...

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