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Saturday, January 5, 2013

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Being Overweight Isn't Always A Health Problem - Business Insider

Posted: 05 Jan 2013 05:52 PM PST


Examiner.com
Being Overweight Isn't Always A Health Problem
Business Insider
In reality the picture is more complex, because the prevailing measure of fatness, weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared, known as the body-mass index (BMI), is imperfect and because bad for you is a vague term. According to a new ...
Higher BMI not necessarily related to higher mortality Examiner.com
Weight Issues Not as Harmless as Study May Suggest Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Weight May Not Affect Breast Cancer Survival - dailyRx

Posted: 05 Jan 2013 08:10 AM PST


Weight May Not Affect Breast Cancer Survival
dailyRx
For this study, researchers recruited just over 8,000 women with ER+ breast cancer to participate in the Breast International Group (BIG) 1-98 trial. A baseline BMI was taken. This is a calculation based on a person's height and weight. Overweight is a ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Overweight Iraq police under microscope - Middle East Online

Posted: 05 Jan 2013 04:10 AM PST


Middle East Online
Overweight Iraq police under microscope
Middle East Online
In fact, he is not just overweight -- standing 177 cm (five feet nine inches) and weighing 116 kilograms (256 pounds), Ghaidan is obese, according to the US Department of Health's online body mass index calculator. And Ghaidan is among those whom Iraq ...

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Don't ditch diet resolution - Chicago Tribune

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 08:35 PM PST


Times of India
Don't ditch diet resolution
Chicago Tribune
But before you give that diet the heave-ho, remember, researchers here are using imprecise measures like body mass index to reach these conclusions. (First problem: Chances are you don't know your BMI, which is calculated by dividing a person's weight ...
Dangers of Fat? The Science is a Bit Flabby Newsworks.org (blog)
Why we diet Los Angeles Times
Benefit cuts for the obese are driven by fat panic and class hatred The Guardian (blog)

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Israel's New Year's Resolution: No More Overly Thin Models - Wall Street Journal

Posted: 01 Jan 2013 05:00 PM PST


Christian Science Monitor
Israel's New Year's Resolution: No More Overly Thin Models
Wall Street Journal
Israel's law, which went into effect Tuesday, bans models with a body-mass index—a calculation based on height and weight—of less than 18.5 from appearing in advertisements. According to that BMI standard, a female model who is 5 feet, 8 inches tall ...
Israel tells underweight models to gain weight or get off the runway Christian Science Monitor
Overly Skinny Models Now Banned in Israel; Should the U.S. Follow Suit? BostInno (blog)
Israel bans skinny models, US should follow The Depaulia
Washington Post (blog)  - MSN Money  - PLUS Model Magazine (blog)
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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Health Net Offers Ways to Help Make 2013 a Year of Good Health

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 05:30 AM PST

Leading a healthy lifestyle tops many Americans' lists of New Year's resolutions. But exactly what defines good health? As calendars will soon be turning to 2013, Health Net, Inc.

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