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Body Mass Index

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Body Mass Index


Fit or fat? Bod Pods see what you can't

Posted: 22 Sep 2014 11:11 PM PDT

Most people who monitor their body fat already know about the caliper test, the measuring-tape test, the hydrostatic ( underwater displacement) test, body-fat scales and the DXA test originally developed for assessing bone density.

Not salt but high BMI triggers hyper-tension

Posted: 09 Sep 2014 12:06 AM PDT

London, Sep 9 (IANS) If you are suffering from high blood pressure, check your Body Mass Index (BMI) first as a new study indicates sodium intake has less impact on overall health than previously thought. Using the data from a cross-sectional analysis of 8,670 volunteers from the NutriNet-Sante Study -- an ongoing French web-based cohort study, researchers found that BMI was the main ...

Sodium's influence on blood pressure statistically insignificant

Posted: 08 Sep 2014 01:16 PM PDT

( Oxford University Press USA ) A new study indicates sodium intake has less impact on overall health than previously thought.

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