Body Mass Index

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• Obesity knocks 20 years of good health off your life
• Effects on body mass index of gene linked to heavy smoking revealed
• Study reveals effects on body mass index of gene linked to heavy smoking
• If your kids have a body image problem it's probably your fault
• UK service to deny operations to morbidly obese and smokers
• Lose weight, ditch fags - or no op

Obesity knocks 20 years of good health off your life Posted: 04 Dec 2014 05:28 PM PST Diabetes and heart disease deprive an obese person of up to 19 years of healthy living, scientists from McGill University in Montreal, Canada, calculated using a computer model.

Effects on body mass index of gene linked to heavy smoking revealed Posted: 04 Dec 2014 02:30 PM PST A genetic variant which causes smokers to smoke more heavily has been shown to be associated with increased body mass index -- but only in those who have never smoked.

Study reveals effects on body mass index of gene linked to heavy smoking Posted: 04 Dec 2014 11:32 AM PST ( PLOS ) A genetic variant which causes smokers to smoke more heavily has been shown to be associated with increased body mass index -- but only in those who have never smoked, according to new research led by the University of Bristol and published today in PLOS Genetics.

If your kids have a body image problem it's probably your fault Posted: 04 Dec 2014 05:09 AM PST If you keep telling children they are all fat of course they will have body image issues, says Brendan O'Neill

UK service to deny operations to morbidly obese and smokers Posted: 04 Dec 2014 02:04 AM PST Patients who smoke or are morbidly obese will be barred from undergoing routine operations until they quit the habit or lose weight, a regional health service in the UK has announced.

Lose weight, ditch fags - or no op Posted: 03 Dec 2014 09:47 PM PST Patients who smoke or are morbidly obese will be barred from undergoing routine operations until they quit the habit or lose weight, a regional NHS service has announced.

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