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Saturday, April 13, 2013

Body Mass Index


<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Companies using extreme measures to keep employees healthy

Posted: 13 Apr 2013 06:26 PM PDT

By Alex Nixon, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review The expanding waistlines of many American workers are costing employers billions of dollars, prompting some companies to resort to extraordinary measures to encourage them to ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Anorexia Loses When Period Returns - dailyRx

Posted: 13 Apr 2013 03:31 PM PDT


Anorexia Loses When Period Returns
dailyRx
The researchers used the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines to determine what healthy weight status would be for each girl through body mass index (BMI) calculations. For children and adolescents, BMI is calculated based on ...

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Body Mass Index (BMI) And Coronary Heart Disease - South Asia Mail

Posted: 07 Apr 2013 12:03 AM PDT


Body Mass Index (BMI) And Coronary Heart Disease
South Asia Mail
Analysis of the data showed that the occurrence of CHD increases with BMI so that every 5 unit increase in BMI, calculated as weight/height2, increases incidence by 23%, which is equivalent to the risk conferred by getting older by 2.5 years. The ...

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