Body Mass Index

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>DRS. OZ AND ROIZEN: BMI may underestimate the risk of obesity - OregonLive.com
<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Obese drivers more likely to die in crash: study - Indian Express
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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>BMI Found Insufficient for Measuring Obesity - Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Study: BMI misses mark on obesity - Columbus Dispatch

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>2 drugs better than 1 to treat youth with type 2 diabetes - Medical Xpress

Posted: 29 Apr 2012 01:41 PM PDT

2 drugs better than 1 to treat youth with type 2 diabetes
Medical Xpress
The study enrolled 699 youth who had type 2 diabetes for less than two years and a body mass index (BMI) at the 85th percentile or greater. BMI is a measurement of weight in relation to height. Overweight children have a BMI at the 85th to 94th ...

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>DRS. OZ AND ROIZEN: BMI may underestimate the risk of obesity - OregonLive.com

Posted: 29 Apr 2012 05:14 AM PDT

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DRS. OZ AND ROIZEN: BMI may underestimate the risk of obesity
OregonLive.com
The obesity epidemic is bad enough, but along comes a study that indicates that the widely used, 200-year-old healthy-weight formula is underestimating the risk for nearly half of all women and more than 20 percent of men whose body-fat levels are ...
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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Obese drivers more likely to die in crash: study - Indian Express

Posted: 29 Apr 2012 01:56 AM PDT

Obese drivers more likely to die in crash: study
Indian Express
The University at Buffalo study found that normal weight drivers are 67 per cent more likely to wear a seatbelt than morbidly obese drivers. Drivers were considered overweight or obese if they had a BMI (body mass index) of 25 or more, according to the ...
Obese drivers more likely to forgo seatbelt Futurity: Research News

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>What's It Like: To get gastric bypass surgery - NewsOK.com

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 10:03 PM PDT

What's It Like: To get gastric bypass surgery
NewsOK.com
By Jaclyn Cosgrove | Published: April 29, 2012 Leave a comment Doctors might suggest bariatric surgery, or weight-loss surgery, for people with a Body Mass Index of 35 or 40 or greater. The Body Mass Index is calculated from weight and height and is a ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>BMI Found Insufficient for Measuring Obesity - Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)

Posted: 11 Apr 2012 04:52 PM PDT

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BMI Found Insufficient for Measuring Obesity
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
For nearly 200 years, doctors have relied on a formula called the "Body Mass Index" (BMI) to determine whether their patients are within a healthy weight range or beyond. A new study suggests that this approach may be insufficiently accurate for ...
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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Study: BMI misses mark on obesity - Columbus Dispatch

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 02:50 AM PDT

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