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Thursday, April 11, 2013

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Belly Fat Independently Linked to Reduced Kidney Function - Medscape

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 05:48 PM PDT


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Belly Fat Independently Linked to Reduced Kidney Function
Medscape
The researchers found that WHR was associated with lower GFR, lower effective renal plasma flow (ERPF), and higher filtration fraction, even when results were adjusted for age, sex, mean arterial pressure (MAP), and BMI. The association held when ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Teens, obesity and links to sleep, TV time and Vitamin D: Healthy Living - OregonLive.com

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 04:59 PM PDT


Teens, obesity and links to sleep, TV time and Vitamin D: Healthy Living
OregonLive.com
A new study by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and published in the journal Pediatrics, showed that fewer hours of sleep is associated with greater increases in adolescent body mass index among study ...
More sleep could reduce obesity new study concludes Examiner.com

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Myrtle Beach area sixth most obese according to Gallup

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 12:26 PM PDT

For the third consecutive year, residents of the Boulder, Colo., metro area are the least likely to be obese, at 12.5% in 2012.

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Charlottesville Among Least Obese Cities in U.S.

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 11:36 AM PDT

Charlottesville is among the least obese cities in the United States according to a new Gallup Poll. Charlottesville came in second, with a 14.3 percent obesity rate in 2012.

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Boulder Remains Least Obese U.S. Metro Area

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 01:02 AM PDT

Boulder, Colo., remains the U.S. metro area with the lowest obesity rate in the U.S. for the third year in a row, at 12.5% in 2012. Obesity remains highest in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas, at 38.5%.

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