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Sunday, March 29, 2015

Body Mass Index


BMI Controversy: Missouri Mother Angry Over School Note

Posted: 29 Mar 2015 02:55 PM PDT

A Missouri mother is up in arms after the school sent home a note about her daughter's body mass index. At 3'10'' and 54 pounds, Kylee Moss is as active of a second grader as you would find. "She is tiny, she has no body fat like at all," said mother Amanda Moss. ...

Know if your baby will gain weight by age four

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 11:48 PM PDT

New York, March 12 (IANS) Measuring body mass index (BMI) during infancy may help to predict if a child will be obese by age four, says a study. The findings suggest that understanding of infant growth patterns may lead to more effective early efforts at obesity prevention. "We also analysed ancestry-based differences in growth patterns and found differences that were apparent as early as nine ...

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