Body Mass Index

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• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Obesity Associated With Hearing Loss in Adolescents - Science Daily (press release)
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Circumference of our waist, not BMI, may be the best single measure of obesity - ABC Action News
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>High BMI asscoiated with greater colorectal cancer risk in men - Oncology Nurse Advisor
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Weight loss improves memory and alters brain activity in overweight women - Science Daily (press release)
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Vitamin D Deficiency May Raise Allergy and Asthma Risk in Obese Children ... - Science Daily (press release)

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Obesity Associated With Hearing Loss in Adolescents - Science Daily (press release) Posted: 17 Jun 2013 06:27 PM PDT Obesity Associated With Hearing Loss in Adolescents Science Daily (press release) In the United States, nearly 17 percent of children are obese, defined as having a body mass index (BMI) of ≥95 percentile. (BMI in children is expressed as a percentile; adult BMI is expressed as a number based on weight and height.) Obesity and its ... and more »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Circumference of our waist, not BMI, may be the best single measure of obesity - ABC Action News Posted: 17 Jun 2013 04:44 PM PDT ABC Action News Circumference of our waist, not BMI, may be the best single measure of obesity ABC Action News TAMPA - If you've been to the doctor lately, you were probably asked to step on a scale to calculate your B.M.I. or body mass index. But for a growing number of doctors, a simple tape measure is a much better tool with which to measure your risk from ... Waist circumference is competing with BMI for health risk measure, expert says St. Cloud Times all 2 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>High BMI asscoiated with greater colorectal cancer risk in men - Oncology Nurse Advisor Posted: 17 Jun 2013 01:32 PM PDT High BMI asscoiated with greater colorectal cancer risk in men Oncology Nurse Advisor Cari M. Kitahara, Ph.D., of the National Institutes of Health in Rockville, Md., and colleagues prospectively evaluated the association between baseline body mass index (BMI) and risks for incidence of distal adenoma, recurrence of adenoma, and ... and more »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Weight loss improves memory and alters brain activity in overweight women - Science Daily (press release) Posted: 17 Jun 2013 10:57 AM PDT Weight loss improves memory and alters brain activity in overweight women Science Daily (press release) Pettersson and co-workers performed their study to determine whether weight loss would improve memory and whether improved memory correlated with changes in relevant brain activity. A special type of brain imaging called functional ... The group's ... and more »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Vitamin D Deficiency May Raise Allergy and Asthma Risk in Obese Children ... - Science Daily (press release) Posted: 17 Jun 2013 10:36 AM PDT Vitamin D Deficiency May Raise Allergy and Asthma Risk in Obese Children ... Science Daily (press release) The remaining 32 subjects had a healthy weight. For each subject, the researchers calculated the BMI standard deviation, called the BMI Z-score. All subjects had a vitamin D blood test called serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D, and all obese subjects were ... Vitamin D Tied to Allergies in Obese Teens MedPage Today all 4 news articles »

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