Body Mass Index

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• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>BMI - Is The Body Mass Index Formula Flawed?
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Lying About Your Weight
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>BMI? Is This Really an Accurate Way to Monitor Weight? - Huffington Post UK (blog)
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>4 ways to lower your risk for heart disease - Edwards Air Force Base
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>BMI calculator revamped: How accurate is it? - BBC News
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Selling health insurance by the pound - MarketWatch
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>The Skinny on Obesity: Part I - Chapelboro.com

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>BMI - Is The Body Mass Index Formula Flawed? Posted: 31 Jan 2013 01:18 PM PST BMI (Body Mass Index) has been used for over 100 years in population studies, by doctors, personal trainers, and other health care professionals, when deciding whether their patients are overweight. However, BMI has one important flaw - it does not measure your overall fat or lean tissue (muscle) content. Body Mass Index, derived from a simple math formula, was devised in the 1830s by Lambert ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Lying About Your Weight Posted: 31 Jan 2013 11:16 AM PST Most people aren't helping themselves when they lie about their weight.

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>BMI? Is This Really an Accurate Way to Monitor Weight? - Huffington Post UK (blog) Posted: 31 Jan 2013 08:29 AM PST BMI? Is This Really an Accurate Way to Monitor Weight? Huffington Post UK (blog) BMI, (which is calculated by considering both weight and height) does offer a rough guideline as to whether a person is over or underweight, but it should never exist as a standalone method of assessing ideal body weight. A number of measures must be ... Belly Fat May Raise Odds of Early Death for Thin Heart Patients Health.com Candace Davidson McPherson Sentinel all 3 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>4 ways to lower your risk for heart disease - Edwards Air Force Base Posted: 30 Jan 2013 10:34 PM PST Edwards Air Force Base 4 ways to lower your risk for heart disease Edwards Air Force Base The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offer a BMI calculator on their website. After typing in your height and weight, the BMI calculator (http://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/assessing/bmi/adult_bmi/english_bmi_calculator/bmi_calculator.html ... and more »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>BMI calculator revamped: How accurate is it? - BBC News Posted: 30 Jan 2013 08:21 AM PST BBC News BMI calculator revamped: How accurate is it? BBC News Traditionally BMI is calculated by taking your weight and dividing it by your height squared. However, one obvious weakness of the BMI is that it doesn't distinguish between fat and muscle. The aim of the new calculation is to correct some of these flaws.

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Selling health insurance by the pound - MarketWatch Posted: 30 Jan 2013 04:44 AM PST U.S. News & World Report (blog) Selling health insurance by the pound MarketWatch Some companies hike rates even for those with a BMI as low as 27, Wood says. An online tool on HealthInsurancePlus.com (a Body Mass Index calculator here ), for one, allows consumers to estimate their BMI and premiums by plugging in their height and ... Lying About Your Weight U.S. News & World Report (blog) Controlling weight matters for good health Aitkin Independent Age Weighing a few extra pounds: Formula for longer life? WEAU About - News & Issues  - GoodTherapy.org (blog)  - Fox Business all 15 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>The Skinny on Obesity: Part I - Chapelboro.com Posted: 11 Jan 2013 07:28 AM PST Chapelboro.com The Skinny on Obesity: Part I Chapelboro.com Don't fret however, it's not important that we know how to do the calculation, just that we know BMI is a ratio of weight and height, and that any internet calculator will yield the same results. Once we have done the math we arrive at one number that ... A BMI Referendum Wall Street Journal (blog) Anemia in relation to body mass index and waist circumference among chinese ... 7thSpace Interactive (press release) The skinny on obesity Hernando Today Daily Beast all 12 news articles »

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