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Friday, May 17, 2013

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Experts weigh in on childhood obesity - The Keene Sentinel

Posted: 17 May 2013 10:15 AM PDT


Experts weigh in on childhood obesity
The Keene Sentinel
It also showed that while obese people had a greater mortality risk overall, those at the lowest level of obesity (BMI of 30 to 34.9) were not more likely to die than people whose BMIs fall within normal range. BMI is a calculation that uses your ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Body mass index of low income African-Americans linked to proximity of fast ... - Science Daily (press release)

Posted: 17 May 2013 08:09 AM PDT


BioNews Texas

Body mass index of low income African-Americans linked to proximity of fast ...
Science Daily (press release)
May 16, 2013 — 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 ...
MD Anderson Researchers Link BMI In Low Income African-Americans To Fast ... BioNews Texas
Does Living Near Fast Food Restaurants Increase Your Risk of Obesity? The Atlantic Cities
Houston study examines one race for links between obesity, proximity to fast food Houston Chronicle (blog)

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>BMI measuring in schools proves weighty issue - Chicago Tribune

Posted: 16 May 2013 07:44 PM PDT


Chicago Tribune

BMI measuring in schools proves weighty issue
Chicago Tribune
As the nation's schools take an expanding role in the fight against obesity, they are increasingly flagging at-risk children with the help of an imperfect weight measure called the body mass index, a measurement calculated from weight and height.

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