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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Body Mass Index


<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>When to Lie About Your Weight - Huffington Post

Posted: 22 Jan 2013 02:45 PM PST


When to Lie About Your Weight
Huffington Post
And now, for even more accuracy and help in determining whether a person's weight is healthy, we use a calculation using height and weight to determine Body Mass Index, also known as BMI, to determine if a woman is at a healthy weight, overweight or ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>BMI Calculator Inaccurate, Says Oxford Professor - Fox News

Posted: 22 Jan 2013 11:51 AM PST


The Voice of Russia

BMI Calculator Inaccurate, Says Oxford Professor
Fox News
If you've been relying on your BMI to determine if you're overweight, it may be time to get a second opinion. Professors at Oxford University have found the mathematical equation used to calculate body mass index (BMI) is inaccurate. The academics ...
Interactive calculator: do you win or lose with the new BMI? Telegraph.co.uk
Body mass index formula not correct The Voice of Russia
Mathematicians Find We've Been Calculating Body Mass Index Wrong Business Insider
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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Herbal Magic Introduces Limited Time Offer to Help Canadians Lose Weight in 2013

Posted: 22 Jan 2013 02:02 AM PST

Save 50 percent and achieve weight-loss success, while maximizing that budget.Toronto, Ontario Canada (PRWEB) January 22, 2013 It's a new year and January gusts in with the harsh reality of just how much the holidays were a time of overindulgence. Clothes feel a bit too small and so does the balance in that bank account. That's why a new year is the perfect time to tighten the belt as well as ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>The long and the short it is that all women feel fat

Posted: 22 Jan 2013 12:46 AM PST

Women don't need a new way of measuring if they're obese, says Victoria Lambert

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Interactive calculator: do you win or lose with the new BMI?

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 11:46 PM PST

Use this interactive tool to see how your body mass index is different under Oxford University's proposal for a new system.

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Body Mess Index - The Irish Sun

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 08:32 PM PST


The Irish Sun

Body Mess Index
The Irish Sun
Mathematicians have found the formula used to calculate body mass index (BMI) is flawed — as it makes taller folk too fat and those of shorter stature too thin. Oxford University boffins argued the traditional method for working out BMI fails to ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Current Body Mass Index 'inaccurate' - Voice of Russia - UK Edition

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 10:21 AM PST


Current Body Mass Index 'inaccurate'
Voice of Russia - UK Edition
Mathematicians have devised a new BMI calculation, arguing that the current BMI is 'inaccurate'. The new formula means short people are actually fatter than they thought, and tall people thinner. VoR looks into the mathematical error that could ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Oxford Mathematician Explains the Body Mass Index Flaw - Medical Daily

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 06:16 AM PST


Medical Daily

Oxford Mathematician Explains the Body Mass Index Flaw
Medical Daily
BMI or body mass index (developed by Belgian scientist Adolphe Quetelet in the 1830s) is a number calculated according to person's weight and height. For long, BMI has been used as a standard tool to determine if a person's ideal weight. A person is ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>BMI is Blemished, Says Mathematician - TopNews United States

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 03:10 AM PST


TopNews United States

BMI is Blemished, Says Mathematician
TopNews United States
The Oxford academic says that the BMI or body mass index, which is usually used as a traditional formula to calculate of one is overweight, is faulty. Since, it likely overestimates a taller person's natural bulk. The formula is used by doctors ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Are you fatter (or thinner) than you thought? Oxford mathematician shows flaw ... - Daily Mail

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 04:10 PM PST


Daily Mail

Are you fatter (or thinner) than you thought? Oxford mathematician shows flaw ...
Daily Mail
While his calculations tip the scale in favour of model Sophie Dahl, who stands 5ft 11in. The BMI formula is used by doctors up and down the country to work out if someone is overweight or obese and so at risk of problems from high blood pressure to ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Body mass index calculations 'flawed' - The Australian

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 05:06 AM PST


Body mass index calculations 'flawed'
The Australian
According to a professor of numerical analysis at the University of Oxford, the formula used to calculate body mass index is flawed in such a way that it makes tall people too fat and small people too thin. As though that were not dispiriting enough ...

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