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Body Mass Index (Bmi) Defined
a mathematical calculation used to determine whether a person is overweight. It is reached by dividing a person's body weight in kilograms by the height in metres squared. The healthy BMI range is between 18.5 and 24.9.
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Better to be fat and fit than skinny and unfit
Published August 20, 2008, 6:57 am, International Herald Tribune
Is a person's weight really a reliable indicator of overall health?
Lose weight? Integrate!
Published August 20, 2008, 6:50 am, Radio Netherlands
Turkish, Moroccan and Antillean migrants who integrate and speak Dutch well are slimmer and have less chance of becoming obese, says new research from the Dutch Social and Cultural Planning Office.
Free Heart Screening On September 22 Offered By Rush University Medical Center And The Larry King Cardiac Foundation
Published August 20, 2008, 6:04 am, Medical News Today
A free preventive heart screening and education event will be held Monday, September 22, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Rush University Medical Center. The screening will be held in room 994 of the Armour Academic Center, 600 S. Paulina, Chicago. The free screening is a collaboration between Rush University Medical Center, Life Line Screening and The Larry King Cardiac Foundation.
Obese Prostate Cancer Patients May Benefit More From Brachytherapy
Published August 20, 2008, 5:17 am, Medical News Today
Brachytherapy, also called seed implants, may be a more beneficial treatment than surgery or external beam radiation therapy for overweight or obese prostate cancer patients, according to a study published in the August issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, the official journal of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology.
Is Ohio losing the fight vs. obesity?
Published August 20, 2008, 3:13 am, The Columbus Dispatch
America's weight problem is old news. But acknowledging a problem and doing something about it are different things.
Results presented from KISD mandatory fitness testing
Published August 20, 2008, 2:33 am, The Champions Sun
The 2007-2008 school year marked the first for mandatory fitness testing of children in the Klein Independent School District.
State still most obese in country
Published August 19, 2008, 11:11 pm, The Biloxi Sun Herald
Mississippi is America's fattest state for the third year in a row, and adult obesity rates across the nation are climbing steadily despite initiatives to combat the epidemic, a new report says.
Obesity Raises Risks Of Serious Digestive Health Concerns: Incidence Of GERD, Colorectal Cancer Increase With Body Mass
Published August 19, 2008, 9:23 pm, Science Daily
The prevalence of obesity and overweight in the United States coupled by the increased risk of gastrointestinal diseases related to obesity raises serious implications for the health of Americans. Several scientific studies in the August issue of the American Journal of Gastroenterology examine the association between obesity and the risk of colorectal cancer and gastroesophageal reflux disease, ...
Obesity rates up nationwide; Miss. again tops list
Published August 19, 2008, 6:11 pm, KATC 3 Lafayette
JACKSON, Miss. -- Mississippi is America's fattest state for the third year in a row, and adult obesity rates across the nation are climbing steadily despite initiatives to combat the...
New Report: Adult Obesity Rates Rise in 37 States, Obesity Rates Now Exceed 25 Percent in More Than Half of States
Published August 19, 2008, 3:57 pm, PR Newswire via Yahoo! News
Adult obesity rates increased in 37 states in the past year, according to the fifth annual F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies Are Failing in America, 2008 report (http://healthyamericans.org/reports/obesity2008) from the Trust for America's Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). Rates rose for a second consecutive year in 24 states and for a third consecutive year in 19 ...
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