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Monday, February 4, 2013

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<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/Yahoo.jpg"/>Greenway’s PrimeSUITE Receives 2014 ONC HIT Certification for 37 Criteria

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 05:30 AM PST

Greenway Medical Technologies, Inc., announced today that on Jan. 23, Greenway PrimeSUITE 2014 was compliant with 29 additional ONC 2014 Edition criteria and was certified as an EHR Module by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology , an ONC-ACB, in accordance with the applicable eligible provider certification criteria adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

<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"/>When to Lie About Your Weight - Huffington Post

Posted: 22 Jan 2013 02:45 PM PST


When to Lie About Your Weight
Huffington Post
And now, for even more accuracy and help in determining whether a person's weight is healthy, we use a calculation using height and weight to determine Body Mass Index, also known as BMI, to determine if a woman is at a healthy weight, overweight or ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>A BMI Referendum - Wall Street Journal (blog)

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 08:36 PM PST


Wall Street Journal

A BMI Referendum
Wall Street Journal (blog)
However, he acknowledges the usefulness of having "a one-number summary that is simple to calculate and it is not clear that there is a better summary than BMI — at least based on using only height and weight." Some researchers advocate supplementing ...
The Skinny on Obesity: Part I Chapelboro.com
Anemia in relation to body mass index and waist circumference among chinese ... 7thSpace Interactive (press release)
The skinny on obesity Hernando Today
Daily Beast
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