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Sunday, January 27, 2013

Body Mass Index


<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>U.S. obesity rate stable in 2012

Posted: 27 Jan 2013 05:19 PM PST

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- U.S. adults were as likely to be obese last year as they were in 2011, a survey indicated.

<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


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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 ...

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