Body Mass Index

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• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Plan to send the obese and smokers on courses before surgery will be 'tested' - WalesOnline
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Dietary Fiber Nibbles Down Stroke Risk - MedPage Today
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Birth Weight, Early Linear Growth Rate Affect Later Health - Monthly Prescribing Reference
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Public Schools Screen Students for Childhood Obesity using BMI - abc40
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Weight loss, muscle depletion predict poor prognosis regardless of BMI - Oncology Nurse Advisor
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Methane on the Breath Is an Indication of Obesity - Smithsonian (blog)
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Gut Bugs Predict Body Mass Index - Wall Street Journal
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Research: Men twice as likely as women to underestimate their weight - Raw Story
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Body-mass index doesn't tell full tale of health - Edmonton Journal

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Plan to send the obese and smokers on courses before surgery will be 'tested' - WalesOnline Posted: 28 Mar 2013 05:19 PM PDT Plan to send the obese and smokers on courses before surgery will be 'tested' WalesOnline The proposal would see patients who need elective surgery – such as a hip replacement – who smoke or have a body mass index (BMI) over 40 ordered to complete the course before they are listed for an operation. This does not include patients who require ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Dietary Fiber Nibbles Down Stroke Risk - MedPage Today Posted: 28 Mar 2013 02:46 PM PDT Dietary Fiber Nibbles Down Stroke Risk MedPage Today "All of the pooled studies did, however, include adjustment for potentially important confounding variables such as age, body mass index, blood pressure or history of hypertension, smoking status, alcohol intake, physical activity, and sex (where ... and more »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Birth Weight, Early Linear Growth Rate Affect Later Health - Monthly Prescribing Reference Posted: 28 Mar 2013 02:14 PM PDT Medscape Birth Weight, Early Linear Growth Rate Affect Later Health Monthly Prescribing Reference The researchers found that higher birth weight was consistently associated with an adult body mass index of >25kg/m² (odds ratio [OR], 1.28) and a reduced likelihood of short adult stature (OR, 0.49) and of not completing secondary school (OR, 0.82). Promote Height Growth, Not Weight Gain, in Emerging Countries Medscape all 4 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Public Schools Screen Students for Childhood Obesity using BMI - abc40 Posted: 28 Mar 2013 02:04 PM PDT Public Schools Screen Students for Childhood Obesity using BMI abc40 Health-Fat2 SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (wggb) — Childhood obesity rates have more than tripled in the last 30 years. That's according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Body Mass Index or BMI, is used to determine obesity rates in public ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Weight loss, muscle depletion predict poor prognosis regardless of BMI - Oncology Nurse Advisor Posted: 28 Mar 2013 08:32 AM PDT Weight loss, muscle depletion predict poor prognosis regardless of BMI Oncology Nurse Advisor (HealthDay News) -- Cancer patients with high weight loss, low muscle index, and low muscle attenuation have a poor prognosis regardless of body mass index (BMI), according to a study published online March 25 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. and more »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Methane on the Breath Is an Indication of Obesity - Smithsonian (blog) Posted: 28 Mar 2013 08:20 AM PDT Zee News Methane on the Breath Is an Indication of Obesity Smithsonian (blog) The researchers found that significantly higher levels of methane in the participants' breath equated with, on average, a body mass index around 2.4 points greater than average. Participants with methane breath also had about six percent more body fat ... Breath Test Ties Hydrogen, Methane to Higher BMI Monthly Prescribing Reference Obesity could be linked to microorganisms living in gut Hindustan Times Gut Flora May Be Tied to Obesity MedPage Today GlobalPost  - TIME  - Zee News all 32 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Gut Bugs Predict Body Mass Index - Wall Street Journal Posted: 28 Mar 2013 06:32 AM PDT Gut Bugs Predict Body Mass Index Wall Street Journal And now, an important gut-check–important, at least, if you're worried about your weight. It turns out that people with elevated levels of hydrogen and methane on their breath tend to be fatter than others, according to a new paper that points the ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Research: Men twice as likely as women to underestimate their weight - Raw Story Posted: 28 Mar 2013 06:24 AM PDT Raw Story Research: Men twice as likely as women to underestimate their weight Raw Story The categories are based on Body Mass Index (BMI), an approximate (and simplified) measure of someone's body shape based solely on their height and weight. Generally, a score of under 18.5 is regarded as underweight, 18.5 to 25 is 'ideal', and more ... Weight Loss Interventions May Benefit Obese, Mentally Ill Population Natural Standard Blog (blog) all 3 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Body-mass index doesn't tell full tale of health - Edmonton Journal Posted: 01 Mar 2013 07:11 AM PST Body-mass index doesn't tell full tale of health Edmonton Journal As emergency physicians, patients often ask us if weight loss would be beneficial to them. Our answer is usually based on our calculation of body-mass index, which is a person's weight in kilograms divided by the square of their height in metres. A ... and more »

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