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Friday, February 1, 2013

Body Mass Index


<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>When weight-loss surgery may be the answer - U-T San Diego

Posted: 01 Feb 2013 02:39 PM PST


U.S. News & World Report (blog)

When weight-loss surgery may be the answer
U-T San Diego
A reliable way to determine whether a person has too much body fat is to calculate the ratio of their weight to their height squared. This ratio is called the body mass index. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute offers an online BMI ...
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<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"/>Short people 'fatter than they think' under new BMI - Telegraph.co.uk

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 01:18 AM PST


Telegraph.co.uk

Short people 'fatter than they think' under new BMI
Telegraph.co.uk
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 ...
Is your BMI a lie? Formula that calculates healthy weight is flawed, says ... New York Daily News
BMI Calculator Inaccurate, Says Oxford Professor Fox News
Body mass index formula not correct The Voice of Russia
The Australian  - Medical Daily  - MSN NZ News
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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>How Useful Is Body Mass Index In Predicting Long-Term Health? - Forbes

Posted: 06 Jan 2013 03:19 PM PST


Forbes

How Useful Is Body Mass Index In Predicting Long-Term Health?
Forbes
Last week's paper in JAMA on body mass index and mortality may have set a record for creating confusion in the public at large and generating a bewildering range of responses among experts – some of them startling in their uncritical acceptance, others ...
Why piling on the pounds may help you live longer Telegraph.co.uk
Other obesity tests don't measure up to BMI Futurity: Research News
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Healthline (blog)  - Frederick News Post (subscription)  - Examiner.com
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