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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Bye bye BMI, hello waist ratio - Stuff.co.nz

Posted: 15 May 2013 06:10 PM PDT


Stuff.co.nz

Bye bye BMI, hello waist ratio
Stuff.co.nz
BMI is calculated by dividing a person's weight by the square of their height in metres, but a study found that the simpler measurement of waistline to height produced a more accurate prediction. According to researchers from Oxford Brookes University, ...
Waist to height ratio better than BMI - MSN New Zealand MSN NZ News

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Endometriosis Risk May Be Higher For Those Women With A Below Average BMI - RedOrbit

Posted: 15 May 2013 12:49 PM PDT


RedOrbit

Endometriosis Risk May Be Higher For Those Women With A Below Average BMI
RedOrbit
The comprehensive study included over 100,000 women and found that those with a body mass index (BMI) greater than 40 kg per square meter had a 39 percent lower risk of contracting the painful gynecological condition than women with a BMI between 19 ...
Endometriosis Risk Higher with Lower BMI - MedPage Today MedPage Today
Slim women likelier to develop endometriosis than obese peers - Zee News Zee News
Higher endometriosis risk for slim women Irish Health
Medscape  - Medical Daily  - The Australian
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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>How to amp up an aging immune response? - Scope (blog)

Posted: 15 May 2013 12:03 PM PDT


Scope (blog)

How to amp up an aging immune response?
Scope (blog)
We're told by public-health authorities that the ideal ratio of weight to height (calculated via a formula called body-mass index, or BMI) is between 20 and 25. But that's open to some question, as some studies (including this recent one conducted by ...

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>A New Mortality Risk Calculator For Diabetes

Posted: 15 May 2013 09:07 AM PDT

Researchers have known that having diabetes raises a person's risk of dying, but now there is a simple tool to calculate which diabetic patients are at the greatest risk.

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>A New Mortality Risk Calculator For Diabetes - KERA News

Posted: 15 May 2013 09:03 AM PDT


A New Mortality Risk Calculator For Diabetes
KERA News
A new calculator for patients with type 2 diabetes places patients into low, medium, or high risk of dying from any cause within two years. Researchers from Italy developed the tool, which uses values such as age, body mass index (BMI), diastolic blood ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Healthcare Costs: What you can do to make a difference - Jefferson Post

Posted: 15 May 2013 07:00 AM PDT


Healthcare Costs: What you can do to make a difference
Jefferson Post
Unfortunately, too many North Carolinians have a Body Mass Index (BMI) that would indicate they are overweight or even obese. A BMI is simply a number calculated from a person's weight and height that provides a reliable indicator of body fatness and ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Better than BMI

Posted: 15 May 2013 12:11 AM PDT

Forget waist to hip ratios or measuring your BMI, waist to height ratio is a better predictor of health and longevity, new research says.        

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Coca-Cola Expands Calorie Labels and Emphasizes No-Cals

Posted: 08 May 2013 06:32 AM PDT

Coca-Cola Co. (KO) will expand calorie labeling to the front of all packages and reiterated its pledge not to advertise to children under 12 anywhere as the world's largest soft-drink maker fights criticism that it is contributing to obesity.

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