Body Mass Index

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• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Is obesity a 'disease' or the result of lifestyle choices? - Windsor Star
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>COLUMN: Obesity isn't a disease, no matter what the AMA says - Oakland Press
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Bad News if Your BMI Is High: Fat Causes Heart Failure - Everyday Health
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Algorithm Can Predict Body Mass Index from Face Photos in Online Profiles - Medical Daily
• <img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Weight just one factor to consider when measuring health - Sun-Sentinel

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Is obesity a 'disease' or the result of lifestyle choices? - Windsor Star Posted: 26 Jun 2013 04:06 PM PDT Care2.com Is obesity a 'disease' or the result of lifestyle choices? Windsor Star Obesity is defined as having a body mass index greater than 30. Statistics show that 30 per cent of the adult population and 17 per cent of children and teens are obese. (An individual's body mass divided by the square of their weight is how you ... Obesity isn't a disease, no matter what the AMA says The Reporter Self-inflicted conditions are not diseases The Trentonian Obesity Is a Disease: Not Easy Medicine for All to Swallow Huffington Post UTA The Shorthorn  - Newsday  - ChicagoNow (blog) all 39 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>COLUMN: Obesity isn't a disease, no matter what the AMA says - Oakland Press Posted: 26 Jun 2013 01:58 PM PDT COLUMN: Obesity isn't a disease, no matter what the AMA says Oakland Press There is also the problem of the body mass index, the standard and horribly flawed tool used to calculate where a person's "normal weight" should land based solely on a height/weight measurement that takes absolutely nothing else into consideration.

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Bad News if Your BMI Is High: Fat Causes Heart Failure - Everyday Health Posted: 25 Jun 2013 09:51 PM PDT MSN UK Bad News if Your BMI Is High: Fat Causes Heart Failure Everyday Health Normal BMI is from 18 to 25. But for every one-point increase in BMI over 25, the incidence of heart failure goes up 17 percent in overweight people, according to the large-scale, international study of 200,000 people. This calculation means an ... BMI 'linked to heart failure risk' MSN UK Being just FOUR pounds overweight can increase your risk of heart disease by ... Daily Mail Piling on as little as 4lbs can raise risk of heart attack by 17% Telegraph.co.uk Onlymyhealth  - NHS Choices all 14 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Algorithm Can Predict Body Mass Index from Face Photos in Online Profiles - Medical Daily Posted: 06 Jun 2013 08:59 PM PDT Medgadget.com Algorithm Can Predict Body Mass Index from Face Photos in Online Profiles Medical Daily The study, published in May in the journal Image and Vision Computing, builds on previous research that links facial features to BMI, a measure of body mass calculated either by dividing a person's weight in kilograms by the square of their height in ... Softwatre Algorithm Predicts BMI from Mug Shots Medgadget.com all 5 news articles »

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Weight just one factor to consider when measuring health - Sun-Sentinel Posted: 04 Jun 2013 10:19 AM PDT Weight just one factor to consider when measuring health Sun-Sentinel Health care providers often assess the impact of a person's weight on their health using a calculation called the body mass index, or BMI. BMI is calculated by dividing your weight in kilograms by your height in meters squared. To find your BMI quickly ...

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