Body Mass Index

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• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Veronica’s View: We Have A Problem
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Body Mass Index Formula: BMI Calculations May be Wrong, Are You Fatter Than ... - Latinos Post
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>The Checkup: New Online Calculator Tells You How Long You'll Live - Philadelphia Magazine (blog)
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Why Your BMI Might Be Wrong - Cosmopolitan (blog)

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Veronica’s View: We Have A Problem Posted: 21 Feb 2013 01:45 PM PST *While I would love to paint this piece with pretty prose and poetic words, I can't. It seems unfitting so let me cut to the chase. Los Angeles and metropolitan cities across the nation we have a problem with our children – they are simply overweight. Not big boned, not carrying around a little baby [...]

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Body Mass Index Formula: BMI Calculations May be Wrong, Are You Fatter Than ... - Latinos Post Posted: 04 Feb 2013 04:26 PM PST Latinos Post Body Mass Index Formula: BMI Calculations May be Wrong, Are You Fatter Than ... Latinos Post The widely accepted body mass index, or BMI, formula that is used today is weighted against tall people, according to mathematician Nick Trefethen. The Oxford University professor has developed a new formula to correct the issue so that tall people are ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>The Checkup: New Online Calculator Tells You How Long You'll Live - Philadelphia Magazine (blog) Posted: 25 Jan 2013 04:39 AM PST Philadelphia Magazine (blog) The Checkup: New Online Calculator Tells You How Long You'll Live Philadelphia Magazine (blog) Get this: As reported by The Telegraph, mathematicians found that the formula used to calculate body-mass index is inherently flawed. It's made tall people believe they are overweight and short people seem "not fat enough." The taller you are, the more ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Why Your BMI Might Be Wrong - Cosmopolitan (blog) Posted: 22 Jan 2013 08:15 PM PST Cosmopolitan (blog) Why Your BMI Might Be Wrong Cosmopolitan (blog) Trefethen also revised the formula to support his argument (you can calculate your BMI based on both formulas here). Does the new BMI formula really change that much? Not really. What really matters—at least from a health perspective—is body fat ... and more »

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