Body Mass Index

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• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Lose Weight for Your Country - New York Times (blog)
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Could Extra Weight Help You Live Longer? - Care2.com
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>FitKids classes - Chicago Tribune
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Tool May Predict Statin Benefits - MedPage Today
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Mazel tov to Israel on its new modeling laws - Los Angeles Times
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Weighing in on the BMI Index - KFYR-TV
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Many primary-care doctors want help treating obesity

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Lose Weight for Your Country - New York Times (blog) Posted: 07 Jan 2013 12:19 PM PST Lose Weight for Your Country New York Times (blog) A higher body mass index — a standard measure for determining whether people are overweight or obese — is associated with a number of chronic illnesses, including diabetes, heart disease and hypertension. These chronic illnesses are expensive to treat.

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Could Extra Weight Help You Live Longer? - Care2.com Posted: 07 Jan 2013 11:12 AM PST Care2.com Could Extra Weight Help You Live Longer? Care2.com The key to achieving a healthy body weight, in my mind, is not calculating the perfect body mass index and killing ourselves to achieve it. It's looking at the underlying issues that cause some of us to truly have an unhealthy body weight and ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>FitKids classes - Chicago Tribune Posted: 07 Jan 2013 10:40 AM PST Chicago Tribune FitKids classes Chicago Tribune Hector had a vitamin deficiency and a slightly elevated body mass index (BMI). "I was a little bit in denial. I was thinking we were active, that my son wasn't obese," she said. What they learned changed their habits, she said. Hector now drinks mostly ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Tool May Predict Statin Benefits - MedPage Today Posted: 07 Jan 2013 07:58 AM PST Tool May Predict Statin Benefits MedPage Today A web-based calculator may enable clinicians to predict gains in an asymptomatic patient's life expectancy from starting statin therapy, a modeling study demonstrated. A simulation showed that among individuals 55 ... They identified the following ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Mazel tov to Israel on its new modeling laws - Los Angeles Times Posted: 07 Jan 2013 05:01 AM PST The Malaysian Insider Mazel tov to Israel on its new modeling laws Los Angeles Times Unhealthily thin is defined as a body-mass index lower than 18.5. An example being tossed around is that a woman 5 feet 8 inches tall who weighs 120 pounds would be considered, well, not quite kosher for the cameras. That's a long way from zaftig, but ... New Year's resolution for Israeli fashion: No anorexic models The Malaysian Insider Israel calls-out models for being too thin, says gain weight or get off the runway Alaska Dispatch A stumble down the catwalk New York Daily News Care2.com (blog) all 5 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Weighing in on the BMI Index - KFYR-TV Posted: 03 Jan 2013 09:21 PM PST Weighing in on the BMI Index KFYR-TV For years, having a high body mass index was considered to be a bad thing. But that may not be the case anymore. ... "And, then we can take that number and put it through a calculation and kind of come up with a number." "Then we can categorize them by ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Many primary-care doctors want help treating obesity Posted: 02 Jan 2013 09:54 AM PST Only 44 percent of primary-care doctors say they've helped obese patients lose weight, and many believe that nutritionists and dietitians are the most qualified care providers for these patients, researchers have found.

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