Body Mass Index

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• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Apple-shaped but not obese? Don't be smug! - Los Angeles Times
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Final meaningful use stage 2 criteria - TechTarget
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Pilot Weight Loss Program in Granby Among First in Country - Patch.com
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Study: Fat belly raises risk of heart attack - Arizona Daily Star
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>After-school program highlights cooking, nutrition - North Adams Transcript
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>HOUSE CALL: Weight loss takes commitment, sometimes competition - STLtoday.com
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>People of normal weight with belly fat at highest death risk, Mayo Clinic study - Science Codex
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Breast Cancer Risk Goes Up With Weight - ABC News
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Fat -Bellied People at Higher Death Risk Than Obese - Bloomberg

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Apple-shaped but not obese? Don't be smug! - Los Angeles Times Posted: 28 Aug 2012 05:03 PM PDT KARE Apple-shaped but not obese? Don't be smug! Los Angeles Times People whose body mass index is considered normal and healthy may want to think twice about that designation if their waist-to-hip ratio is more suggestive of an apple than a pear, a new study from the Mayo Clinic finds. Normal-weight Americans with an ... Belly Fat May Hurt Your Heart the Hardest U.S. News & World Report Study: Belly Fat Officially the Worst The Atlantic Why even normal weight people want to reduce belly fat KARE Businessweek  - Bioscience Technology all 110 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Final meaningful use stage 2 criteria - TechTarget Posted: 28 Aug 2012 02:10 PM PDT Final meaningful use stage 2 criteria TechTarget For more than 80% of all unique patients 2 years of age and older, record height, weight and blood pressure; calculate and display body mass index, and plot and display growth charts for patients 2 years old to 20 years old, including BMI. For more ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Pilot Weight Loss Program in Granby Among First in Country - Patch.com Posted: 28 Aug 2012 03:40 AM PDT Pilot Weight Loss Program in Granby Among First in Country Patch.com The BMI index numbers, based on height and weight, are divided into categories including underweight (16 to 18.4), normal (18.9 to 24.5), overweight (25 to 29.9), obese (30 to 34.9) and very obese (above 35). You can calculate your own BMI here and ... and more »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Study: Fat belly raises risk of heart attack - Arizona Daily Star Posted: 28 Aug 2012 12:15 AM PDT Study: Fat belly raises risk of heart attack Arizona Daily Star BMI, which is calculated using a person's height and weight, is considered normal if it's between 18.5 and 24.9. A normal waist-to-hip ratio is less than 0.85 for women and less than 0.9 for men, Sahakyan said. Given that only one-third of the U.S ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>After-school program highlights cooking, nutrition - North Adams Transcript Posted: 27 Aug 2012 11:50 PM PDT After-school program highlights cooking, nutrition North Adams Transcript According to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health's Body Mass Index (BMI) screening data, 34 percent, or 2,559 children in the Pittsfield public school district are considered overweight or obese. BMI is calculated by using a formula that ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>HOUSE CALL: Weight loss takes commitment, sometimes competition - STLtoday.com Posted: 27 Aug 2012 10:03 PM PDT HOUSE CALL: Weight loss takes commitment, sometimes competition STLtoday.com About one in three Missourians is obese — that is, they have a body mass index of 30 or more. As a physician, I see the effects of obesity on ... While the old adage "eat more fruits and vegetables" is certainly one strategy many people can benefit ... and more »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>People of normal weight with belly fat at highest death risk, Mayo Clinic study - Science Codex Posted: 27 Aug 2012 09:06 AM PDT People of normal weight with belly fat at highest death risk, Mayo Clinic study Science Codex Those studied who had a normal body mass index but central obesity -- a high waist-to-hip ratio -- had the highest cardiovascular death risk and the highest death risk from all causes, the analysis found. "We knew from previous research that central ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Breast Cancer Risk Goes Up With Weight - ABC News Posted: 27 Aug 2012 06:29 AM PDT ABC News Breast Cancer Risk Goes Up With Weight ABC News Despite the best treatment, researchers at Montefiore Medical Center found, the higher a woman's body mass index (BMI), the higher her risk of developing breast cancer again after treatment. Moreover, women who were obese at time of breast cancer ... Extra Weight May Speed Breast Cancer Relapse MedPage Today Breast cancer recurrence risk increases with weight Mother Nature Network (blog) Breast Cancer and Weight WKTV Times of India  - allvoices  - Daily Gossip all 262 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Fat -Bellied People at Higher Death Risk Than Obese - Bloomberg Posted: 27 Aug 2012 04:03 AM PDT Fat -Bellied People at Higher Death Risk Than Obese Bloomberg BMI, which is calculated using a person's height and weight, is considered normal if it's between 18.5 and 24.9, according to the U.S. National Institutes of Health. A normal waist-to-hip ratio is less than 0.85 for women and less than 0.9 for men ...

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