Body Mass Index

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• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Is your BMI a lie? Formula that calculates healthy weight is flawed, says ... - New York Daily News
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Mathematicians Find We've Been Calculating Body Mass Index Wrong - Business Insider
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Are you fatter (or thinner) than you think? - Independent Online
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>A BMI Referendum - Wall Street Journal (blog)
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>A few extra kilos won't hurt you - US govt study - National Business Review

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Is your BMI a lie? Formula that calculates healthy weight is flawed, says ... - New York Daily News Posted: 21 Jan 2013 01:12 PM PST New York Daily News Is your BMI a lie? Formula that calculates healthy weight is flawed, says ... New York Daily News The current BMI calculation gives tall people the short end of the stick, an Oxford mathematician says. Body mass index, or BMI, has long been used as the quickest measure of whether a person's weight falls within the normal range for their height.

<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 The Voice of Russia 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 ... Body mass index formula not correct The Voice of Russia Body mass index 'formula flawed' MSN NZ News BMI is Blemished, Says Mathematician TopNews United States The Irish Sun  - TopNews New Zealand  - West - Welfare Society Territory all 21 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Are you fatter (or thinner) than you think? - Independent Online Posted: 21 Jan 2013 05:31 AM PST Independent Online Are you fatter (or thinner) than you think? Independent Online Mathematician Nick Trefethen believes the body mass index formula traditionally used to work out if someone is overweight is flawed and he has come up with his own. London - It is something of a low blow for the vertically challenged. Those who are ...

<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 ... The Skinny on Obesity: Part I Chapelboro.com Anemia in relation to body mass index and waist circumference among chinese ... 7thSpace Interactive (press release) The skinny on obesity Hernando Today Daily Beast  - Clark Fork Valley Press  - Investor's Business Daily all 12 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>A few extra kilos won't hurt you - US govt study - National Business Review Posted: 04 Jan 2013 02:09 PM PST New York Daily News A few extra kilos won't hurt you - US govt study National Business Review Grade 1 obesity was defined as a BMI of 30 to less than 35; grade 2 obesity, a BMI of 35 to less than 40; and grade 3 obesity, a BMI of 40 or greater. Work out your Body Mass Index number with the BMI calculator on the NZ Heart Foundation website here. Weighing in on the BMI Index KFYR-TV Healthy Fat? Higher BMI Linked to Lower Risk of Death Greatist BREAKING: Why Do Fat Guys Live Longer? Men's Health News American News Report  - Science Daily (press release)  - ABC News all 138 news articles »

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