Body Mass Index

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>U.S. Preventive Medicine® Health & Fitness App to Integrate with Withings WiFi ... - Virtual-Strategy Magazine
<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Reflections on Obesity and the Weight of the Nation - LifeGoesStrong
<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>The Politics Of Fat In Black And White - NPR
<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Thyroid Hormone Levels Linked to Weight Changes - Medscape
<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Dallas Fertility Associates Underscores Link Between Infertility and Weight ... - San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Calculate your future health - Saga Health News
<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Online Social Network Helps Obese Kids Resist Problem Foods - Medscape
<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Body mass index influences the response to infliximab in ankylosing spondylitis - 7thSpace Interactive (press release)
<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>'Forget BMI, just measure your waist and height' say scientists - Telegraph.co.uk

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>U.S. Preventive Medicine® Health & Fitness App to Integrate with Withings WiFi ... - Virtual-Strategy Magazine

Posted: 15 May 2012 01:36 PM PDT

U.S. Preventive Medicine® Health & Fitness App to Integrate with Withings WiFi ...
Virtual-Strategy Magazine
The Withings WiFi Body Scale is the world's first WiFi-connected personal weight scale, which automatically records the user's body weight, lean and fat mass, and calculated body mass index (BMI) and automatically integrates that data with Macaw.

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Reflections on Obesity and the Weight of the Nation - LifeGoesStrong

Posted: 15 May 2012 12:22 PM PDT

LifeGoesStrong

Reflections on Obesity and the Weight of the Nation
LifeGoesStrong
Weighing a person and measuring their height is easy. Using those figures to calculate body mass index (BMI) is also easy. But deciding if someone is obese based on their BMI is not. More sophisticated measurements are needed to determine what the ...
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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>The Politics Of Fat In Black And White - NPR

Posted: 15 May 2012 11:33 AM PDT

The Politics Of Fat In Black And White
NPR
When you're talking to somebody about their weight, and you calculate their BMI, something we do routinely, and people are often pretty surprised to know that they would be considered obese by the, you know, by the standard - by the health standards.

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Thyroid Hormone Levels Linked to Weight Changes - Medscape

Posted: 15 May 2012 10:05 AM PDT

Thyroid Hormone Levels Linked to Weight Changes
Medscape
They sought to investigate the relation between indices of thyroid status and both body composition and metabolic parameters in 941 healthy euthyroid men, 25 to 45 years of age, with a median body mass index (BMI) of 24.6 kg/m².

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Dallas Fertility Associates Underscores Link Between Infertility and Weight ... - San Francisco Chronicle (press release)

Posted: 15 May 2012 09:04 AM PDT

Dallas Fertility Associates Underscores Link Between Infertility and Weight ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Dr. Lee and the other fertility specialists at Dallas - Fort Worth Fertility Associates recommend that patients maintain a healthy body mass index, or BMI. Based on height and weight, BMI provides a reliable indication of an individual's body fat.

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Calculate your future health - Saga Health News

Posted: 15 May 2012 07:54 AM PDT

Calculate your future health
Saga Health News
By Lesley Dobson , Tuesday 15 May 2012 First we had BMI (Body-Mass Index), as a means of checking whether we are a healthy weight for our height. Then came Waist Circumference, the measurement around your middle. This was seen as an improvement on BMI, ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Online Social Network Helps Obese Kids Resist Problem Foods - Medscape

Posted: 15 May 2012 07:04 AM PDT

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Online Social Network Helps Obese Kids Resist Problem Foods
Medscape
Mean self-reported body mass index (BMI) was 33.7 ± 7.4 kg/m². Studies have found that overweight children eat more when they are out with other overweight kids; the group legitimizes members using food to escape their problems.
Smart Phone Apps & Social Networking Help Lose Weight, Evidence Suggests HelpingYouCare™

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Body mass index influences the response to infliximab in ankylosing spondylitis - 7thSpace Interactive (press release)

Posted: 15 May 2012 01:57 AM PDT

Body mass index influences the response to infliximab in ankylosing spondylitis
7thSpace Interactive (press release)
The aim of this study was to determine whether body mass index (BMI) affects response to infliximab (IFX) in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients. Methods: In 155 patients retrospectively included with active AS, the BMI was calculated before ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>'Forget BMI, just measure your waist and height' say scientists - Telegraph.co.uk

Posted: 11 May 2012 11:02 PM PDT

Telegraph.co.uk