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Thursday, August 2, 2012

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Study: We Believe We're Losing Weight When We're Actually Gaining

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 06:19 AM PDT

As America gets fatter, Americans insist they're losing weight.

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Study: We Believe We're Losing Weight When We're Actually Gaining - The Atlantic

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 06:05 AM PDT


Study: We Believe We're Losing Weight When We're Actually Gaining
The Atlantic
In 2008 and 2009, respondents were asked to report their current height and weight, along with how much they weighed one year prior to the study. Using this information to calculate Americans' average body mass index (those with a BMI of greater than ...

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>From brain to mouth: The psychology of obesity - Detroit Free Press

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 05:34 AM PDT


From brain to mouth: The psychology of obesity
Detroit Free Press
Allison's new research, online in Frontiers in Genetics, finds that people with higher body mass index tend to partner with those of similar BMI and may predispose their offspring to obesity. Using Danish ... They then calculated couples' BMIs. The ...

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Body Mass Index (erroneously) uncovers fat Olympians - Plus Size Tall

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 04:44 AM PDT


Body Mass Index (erroneously) uncovers fat Olympians
Plus Size Tall
fat olympians Body Mass Index (erroneously) uncovers fat Olympians The BMI or Body Mass Index has been a standard way of calculating body fat based on height and weight that applies to adult men and women. It determines whether or not a person is ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>LeeAnn Weintraub: Kids need healthy habits to avoid summer weight gain - Long Beach Press-Telegram

Posted: 01 Aug 2012 11:15 PM PDT


LeeAnn Weintraub: Kids need healthy habits to avoid summer weight gain
Long Beach Press-Telegram
... excessive weight gain. In fact, a study published in the American Journal of Public Health found that kids gain body mass index - a measure of body fatness using weight and height - twice as fast during summer months compared to during the school year.

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