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Monday, February 18, 2013

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Healthy Body Weight: What Is It And How Do You Find Yours?

Posted: 18 Feb 2013 04:17 PM PST

Rayshell Clapper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online In the last few decades, increasing emphasis has been placed on having and maintaining a healthy body weight. Yet as the trend towards skyrocketing obesity in the US indicates, this is a struggle for many people, in part because maintaining a healthy body weight requires great effort, but also because many simply don't know what exactly ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Healthy Body Weight: What Is It And How Do You Find Yours? - RedOrbit

Posted: 18 Feb 2013 03:55 PM PST


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Healthy Body Weight: What Is It And How Do You Find Yours?
RedOrbit
The first step toward finding a healthy body weight is to understand and know your BMI, or body mass index. The BMI is a number calculated using a person's height and weight, and can provide a reliable – although imprecise – indicator of body fatness ...
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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Tax Sugary Drinks And Ban Fast Foods Near Schools, Say UK Doctors

Posted: 18 Feb 2013 11:23 AM PST

As a "prescription" for the UK's obesity epidemic, doctors are calling for a tax on all sugary soft drinks, a ban on fast food outlets near schools and colleges, mandatory food-based standards in all hospitals, and £100 million ($155 million) spent on weight management services provisions, says a new report issued today by the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AoMRC) The report, titled ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>BMI: Does the Body Mass Index need fixing? - BBC News

Posted: 28 Jan 2013 04:19 PM PST


BBC News

BMI: Does the Body Mass Index need fixing?
BBC News
A new way of calculating Body Mass Index (BMI) has been proposed - but does it really solve any of the BMI's well-known problems? How often have we heard that Brad Pitt at the time of Fight Club, and England rugby player Jonny Wilkinson in his prime, ...

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Current BMI formula flawed: Study - Zee News

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 03:53 AM PST


Zee News

Current BMI formula flawed: Study
Zee News
Current BMI formula flawed: Study London: The formula currently used to calculate the body mass index (BMI) is flawed and renders tall people too fat and short people too thin, researchers at Oxford University has said. BMI is presently calculated ...

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