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Thursday, November 13, 2014

Body Mass Index


Student's protest sparks debate over weighing at school

Posted: 13 Nov 2014 07:43 PM PST

Ireland Hobert Hoch, 13, shown with her dog, Fawn, refused to be weighed in school as part of the schoolâ??s regular body mass index testing of students and was sent to the principals office.

New crash test dummies pack on the pounds

Posted: 13 Nov 2014 06:26 AM PST

Crash dummies pack on the pounds to help automakers design safer cars for occupants of all sizes.

Even doctors struggle to identify obesity

Posted: 11 Nov 2014 11:50 PM PST

London, Nov 12 (IANS) Most people, including health care professionals, are unable to identify healthy weight, over-weight or obese people just by looking at them, says a research.

Why Do Women Purchase Magazines That Promote Impossible Body Images?

Posted: 10 Nov 2014 04:18 PM PST

Provided by Jeff Grabmeier, Ohio State University A new study reveals the secret of how some fashion and beauty magazines continue to attract devoted audiences, even though they glamorize super-thin models that would seem to taunt normal-sized women. The research suggests that some readers, rather than comparing themselves unhappily with the thin models, may derive "thinspiration": the belief ...

Riding the Bus and a Beach Body: the Surprising Connection

Posted: 30 Oct 2014 04:00 AM PDT

For most of us, there's absolutely nothing sexy about riding the bus to work in the morning: It's crowded, someone is always yammering away on a cell phone and if you're lucky, at least your seat neighbor with the over-sized duffel in his lap showered before leaving home. Surely it's the last place you're thinking about sexiness on the beach -- or that you might even be bringing yourself one ...

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