Body Mass Index

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Body mass index of low income African-Americans linked to proximity of fast ... - Medical Xpress
<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Fatty Liver Predicts Heart Risk Independent of Other Factors - Medscape - Medscape
<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Middle Age Could Be Tipping Point For Obesity-Related Cardiovascular Risk
<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Endometriosis Risk Higher with Lower BMI - MedPage Today - MedPage Today
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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Body mass index of low income African-Americans linked to proximity of fast ... - Medical Xpress

Posted: 16 May 2013 01:17 PM PDT

Body mass index of low income African-Americans linked to proximity of fast ...
Medical Xpress
African-American adults living closer to a fast food restaurant had a higher body mass index (BMI) than those who lived further away from fast food, according to researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, and this association was ...
Study: Living Near Fast Food Ups Risk Of Obesity Daily Beast
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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Fatty Liver Predicts Heart Risk Independent of Other Factors - Medscape - Medscape

Posted: 16 May 2013 01:14 PM PDT

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Fatty Liver Predicts Heart Risk Independent of Other Factors - Medscape
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This score is calculated on the basis of body mass index, waist circumference, triglyceride level, and gamma-glutamyl transferase level, and a score of 60 or more is a marker of hepatic steatosis. Subjects with a fatty liver index score above 60 had a ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Middle Age Could Be Tipping Point For Obesity-Related Cardiovascular Risk

Posted: 16 May 2013 07:22 AM PDT

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online While the cardiovascular system of a younger adult might be capable of compensating for the effects of obesity , new research published in the journal Hypertension suggests that the ability to adapt is lost after middle age, resulting to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease due to the relationship between body fat and aortic stiffness ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Endometriosis Risk Higher with Lower BMI - MedPage Today - MedPage Today

Posted: 14 May 2013 04:01 PM PDT

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