Body Mass Index

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• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Chocolate associated with lower BMI, study finds - Nurse.com
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>US Women in Labor Longer Than They Were 50 Years Ago - U.S. News & World Report
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Girls Born 'Big' Face CVD Risk as Teens - MedPage Today
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>The Evidence Supporting a Chocolate Diet: Correlation or Causation? - Highlight HEALTH
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Marco Island church volunteers make better weight a spiritual challenge - Naples Daily News
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Obesity: How We Got Here - Huffington Post
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>2 studies suggest weight-loss surgery can reverse Type 2 diabetes - Detroit Free Press
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Frequent Chocolate Consumption Linked to Lower BMI - Medscape
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Weight-loss surgery better for controlling diabetes than drugs - Fox News

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Chocolate associated with lower BMI, study finds - Nurse.com Posted: 30 Mar 2012 03:24 PM PDT USA TODAY Chocolate associated with lower BMI, study finds Nurse.com The researchers calculated BMI for 972 of the participants and received completed food frequency questionnaires from 975. "Adults who consumed chocolate more frequently had a lower BMI than those who consumed chocolate less often," the authors wrote, ... Eat chocolate. Lose weight. Yeah, right. io9 Chocolate-eaters have lower body mass: Study Saudi Gazette The chocolate diet Indian Express Peace FM Online  - Times of India all 143 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>US Women in Labor Longer Than They Were 50 Years Ago - U.S. News & World Report Posted: 30 Mar 2012 01:03 PM PDT Updated News US Women in Labor Longer Than They Were 50 Years Ago U.S. News & World Report "Older maternal age and increased BMI (body-mass index, a ratio of weight to height) accounted for a part of the increase. We believe that some aspects of delivery-room practice are also responsible for this increase," lead author Dr. Katherine Laughon ... Women Have Longer Labors Now WebMD Women have longer labors today than 50 years ago Boston.com NIH study finds women spend longer in labor now than 50 years ago Medical Xpress Medical News Today  - Wall Street Journal (blog) all 32 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Girls Born 'Big' Face CVD Risk as Teens - MedPage Today Posted: 30 Mar 2012 11:17 AM PDT CBC.ca Girls Born 'Big' Face CVD Risk as Teens MedPage Today An analysis of an Australian longitudinal cohort from birth found that girls at the highest cardiometabolic risk at age 17 had a higher birth weight, ongoing BMI during childhood, and increased skinfold thickness at one year than girls with lower ... Higher birth weights in girls may predict obesity CBC.ca Overweight baby girls at increased risk of developing heart disease and ... Daily Mail Obese Baby Girls Prone to Heart Diseases and Diabetes, Say Researchers French Tribune Diabetes.co.uk  - News-Medical.net all 32 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>The Evidence Supporting a Chocolate Diet: Correlation or Causation? - Highlight HEALTH Posted: 30 Mar 2012 10:36 AM PDT The Evidence Supporting a Chocolate Diet: Correlation or Causation? Highlight HEALTH They then determined the BMI of 972 of the subjects (BMI is calculated as weight in kg divided by the square of height in meters). The investigators found that those who consumed chocolate frequently had a BMI of about one point less than those who did ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Marco Island church volunteers make better weight a spiritual challenge - Naples Daily News Posted: 30 Mar 2012 07:03 AM PDT Marco Island church volunteers make better weight a spiritual challenge Naples Daily News After the blood pressure reading was noted in their journal, participants stepped onto a body analyzer scale. This device not only measures weight, but calculates body fat, visceral fat, body mass index, resting metabolism and finally, body age.

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Obesity: How We Got Here - Huffington Post Posted: 30 Mar 2012 06:38 AM PDT Obesity: How We Got Here Huffington Post Overweight is defined as having a BMI over 25 (body mass index -- a crude measurement of body composition based on height and weight). It's not all that difficult to fool the system at this level however; at 5'11, 10 percent body fat, and 195 pounds, ... Belly fat a surefire route to trouble, says cardiologist Times of India all 2 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>2 studies suggest weight-loss surgery can reverse Type 2 diabetes - Detroit Free Press Posted: 28 Mar 2012 05:27 AM PDT The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines 2 studies suggest weight-loss surgery can reverse Type 2 diabetes Detroit Free Press An adult who has a body mass index (a calculation based on height and weight) of 30 or more is considered obese. That's 203 pounds or more for a 5-foot-9 man, for example. The government recently lowered the criteria for use of gastric bands from a BMI ... Gastric bypass surgery touted to treat diabetes Tarentum Valley News Dispatch New Groundbreaking Medical Research - Gastric bypass and other surgeries may ... Catholic Online 'Weight-loss surgery may reverse type 2 diabetes' Indian Express Medical Marketing and Media  - OutpatientSurgery.net all 32 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Frequent Chocolate Consumption Linked to Lower BMI - Medscape Posted: 26 Mar 2012 01:20 PM PDT MedPage Today Frequent Chocolate Consumption Linked to Lower BMI Medscape BMI was calculated for 972 participants (95.6%); and 975 (95.8%) answered the validated Fred Hutchinson Food Frequency Questionnaire. The investigators performed analyses with and without adjustment for calorie intake, saturated fat (satfat) intake, ... How Sweet: Chocolate Tied to Lower BMI MedPage Today Eating Chocolate Regularly May Make You Leaner, Survey Suggests San Francisco Chronicle Snacking on Chocolate Linked to Low BMI ABC News (blog) Fox News  - CNN (blog)  - San Antonio Express all 572 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Weight-loss surgery better for controlling diabetes than drugs - Fox News Posted: 26 Mar 2012 09:32 AM PDT Zee News Weight-loss surgery better for controlling diabetes than drugs Fox News In the study, dubbed STAMPEDE, researchers randomly assigned 150 patients -- three-quarters of them female -- with a body mass index between 27 and 43 into one of three groups. There were two surgery groups -- laparoscopic gastric bypass, ... Surgery can put Type 2 diabetes into remission Boston.com all 710 news articles »

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