Follow us on FaceBook

Body Mass Index

Sunday, August 10, 2014

Body Mass Index


Pregnancy loss, cardiovascular disease connected by new study

Posted: 16 Jul 2014 08:26 PM PDT

Women with a history of pregnancy loss are at higher risk for cardiovascular disease later in adulthood than other women, research concludes. The association between pregnancy loss and coronary heart disease appeared to be independent of hypertension, body mass index, waist-to-hip ratio and white blood cell count.

Dr. Michael Gabriel, Leading Staten Island Pediatrician, Comments on Article Which States BMI Measurement May Miss 25 ...

Posted: 16 Jul 2014 12:00 AM PDT

BOHEMIA, N.Y., July 16, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Leading Staten Island Pediatrician Dr. Michael Gabriel of GPM Pediatrics discusses an article,which describes a new case study that talks about how BMI measurements may not be enough to identify obesity in children. According to the study as shared in a Fox News article, "Some children who have a normal body mass index (BMI) might actually be ...

No comments:

Post a Comment

 

Translate

Archives