Body Mass Index

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• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Percentage of severely obese adults skyrockets - USA TODAY
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Study Backs Intervention to Cut Teens' Sugary Drink Intake - Family Practice News Digital Network
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>WJC Schools is watching its weight - Virginia Gazette
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Poor sleep in adolescents may increase risk of heart disease - Science Codex
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>New International Study Demonstrates the Power of Low-Carb Diets In the Fight ... - The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Too fat for slimming class... woman who was turned away from NHS programme ... - Daily Mail
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Obese patients should have MPI using conventional SPECT camera - Health Imaging
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Physical interventions to get kids up and moving fail - allvoices
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>By 2030, 67 percent of Mississippi obese
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Exercise And Eat Well: How Doctors Dole Out Advice

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Percentage of severely obese adults skyrockets - USA TODAY Posted: 01 Oct 2012 03:20 PM PDT KSDK Percentage of severely obese adults skyrockets USA TODAY People are considered obese if they have a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or higher, roughly 30 or more pounds over a healthy weight. People are severely (or extremely) obese if they have a BMI (a height-weight ratio) of 40 or higher. That's roughly 100 ... Severely obese are fastest growing group of overweight Americans, study finds Science Codex all 25 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Study Backs Intervention to Cut Teens' Sugary Drink Intake - Family Practice News Digital Network Posted: 01 Oct 2012 11:19 AM PDT Study Backs Intervention to Cut Teens' Sugary Drink Intake Family Practice News Digital Network The between-group differences for changes in body mass index and weight among the 224 participants randomized to the intervention group or to a control group were statistically significant at 1 year (–0.57 and –1.9 kg, respectively), Cara B. Ebbeling ... and more »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>WJC Schools is watching its weight - Virginia Gazette Posted: 01 Oct 2012 11:16 AM PDT WJC Schools is watching its weight Virginia Gazette Body Mass Index tests of 2,038 students in grades 3, 5, and 7 conducted during the 2010-11 school year as part of the School Health Initiative Program revealed that while WJC students don't eat as healthy as the average American teen the school ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Poor sleep in adolescents may increase risk of heart disease - Science Codex Posted: 01 Oct 2012 10:50 AM PDT Fox 13 Now - Salt Lake City Poor sleep in adolescents may increase risk of heart disease Science Codex "We found an association between sleep disturbance and cardiovascular risk in adolescents, as determined by high cholesterol levels, increased BMI [body mass index] and hypertension," writes lead author Dr. Indra Narang, respirologist and director of ... Sleep disturbance and cardiovascular risk in adolescents CMAJ Sleep disturbance linked to CV risk in adolescents TheHeart.Org all 28 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>New International Study Demonstrates the Power of Low-Carb Diets In the Fight ... - The Herald | HeraldOnline.com Posted: 01 Oct 2012 08:15 AM PDT New International Study Demonstrates the Power of Low-Carb Diets In the Fight ... The Herald | HeraldOnline.com The patients in the low-carb group saw positive improvement in their health markers, which were measured at two week intervals over the period. Health markers measured included: body weight, body mass index (BMI), blood glucose level, total cholesterol ... and more »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Too fat for slimming class... woman who was turned away from NHS programme ... - Daily Mail Posted: 01 Oct 2012 08:12 AM PDT Daily Mail Too fat for slimming class... woman who was turned away from NHS programme ... Daily Mail Her BMI, according to the NHS website, is 35.07 - which meant she was marginally too heavy to qualify. The pilot scheme was only on offer to those with a BMI of 30 to 35, or those 'moderately overweight.' The 61-year-old described her rejection from ... Overweight woman told: You're too fat for slimming class The Sun NHS BANS GRAN 'TOO FAT' FOR ITS SLIMMING PLAN Express.co.uk all 5 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Obese patients should have MPI using conventional SPECT camera - Health Imaging Posted: 01 Oct 2012 08:04 AM PDT Health Imaging Obese patients should have MPI using conventional SPECT camera Health Imaging Patients with a body mass index (BMI) of 40 kg/m2 or greater should be scheduled for myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) on a conventional SPECT camera, as it is difficult to obtain diagnostic image quality on a cadmium-zinc-telluride (CZT) camera, ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Physical interventions to get kids up and moving fail - allvoices Posted: 01 Oct 2012 04:13 AM PDT Physical interventions to get kids up and moving fail allvoices Effects of intervention were calculated on both total physical activity and time spent in moderate-or-vigorous physical activity. Eight of the studies involved only overweight/obese children and the rest of the studies involved children from all BMI ... Youth Inactivity CBS42 all 4 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>By 2030, 67 percent of Mississippi obese Posted: 18 Sep 2012 06:33 PM PDT WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- By 2030, 67 percent of Mississippi is slated to be obese, while the District of Columbia is estimated to be 32.6 percent obese, researchers say.

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Exercise And Eat Well: How Doctors Dole Out Advice Posted: 06 Sep 2012 11:22 AM PDT Primary care practitioners continue to serve as the first line of defense against the obesity epidemic. But when it comes to what happens between doctors and patients behind closed doors, some wonder whether doctors can really convince their patients to make permanent lifestyle changes.

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