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  • Weight gain after starting ART predicts survival (20 Mar 2010 03:41)

    ... Weight gain within six months of starting antiretroviral ... Health Organization (WHO) classifies malnutrition according to body mass index (BMI). BMI is calculated as weight in kilogrammes divided ...

  • Pima to get $16M to fight obesity (20 Mar 2010 08:32)

    ... Health Services. "Just telling people to lose weight doesn't work. We want people to get ... an overweight adult as someone with a body mass index (BMI) of 25 or higher - 30 ... problems. Children are considered overweight if their BMI is at the 85 percent or higher ...

  • Lap-Band puts pinch on eating (20 Mar 2010 03:30)

    ... goal weight. After years of battling her weight unsuccessfully, Williams brought out the big guns. ... 18 or older and must have a body mass index - a measure of body fat based ... or uncontrollable diabetes is present. A healthy BMI is between 18.5 and 24.9. (To calculate ...

  • Arthritis striking them young! (20 Mar 2010 06:18)

    ... who is known for conducting surgeries on over-weight (about 100kg) patients said, "While obesity is ... and obese people, as indicated by their body mass index (BMI) report more doctor diagnosed arthritis than people ...

  • Science Says Flavored Milk is Good for Kids, Unlike Soda (20 Mar 2010 10:30)

    ... Schwarz, half of the city's children are overweight or obese, and soft-drink consumption is rising ... unflavored milk do not have a higher body mass index (BMI) thank those who do not drink milk.(2) ...

  • COMMUNITY COMMENT: City should mandate BMI screenings (20 Mar 2010 05:40)

    ... passing the following ban as well: Anyone entering a restaurant must submit to a body mass index screening. If they are above the maximum limit, all they will be allowed to ...

  • More kids now extremely obese (20 Mar 2010 03:30)

    ... 95th percentile, or having a body-mass index (BMI) of 35 kilograms per meter squared. "There ... Koebnick stressed. "There are studies suggesting parent's weight has a significant influence on the child's ...

  • STOP Obesity Alliance: Adults lack information about effective weight loss methods and strategies (19 Mar 2010 09:13)

    ... say they do not have the right weight management resources. Obese or heavier adults take ... most obese or heavier adults, according to body mass index (BMI) calculations, take personal responsibility for losing ... only 39 percent of those with a BMI of 30 or above - the National ...

  • Implantation of a Ventricular Assist Device May Aid in Weight Loss for Obese Patients Awaiting a Heart Transplant (19 Mar 2010 02:20)

    ... 19 patients who were awaiting a transplant, obese advanced heart failure patients lost more weight and reduced their body mass index (BMI) significantly after being implanted with an LVAD. Obese patients who received the device lost ...

  • Extreme Obesity Affecting More Children at Younger Ages (19 Mar 2010 02:30)

    ... a few." Researchers used measured height and weight in electronic health records to conduct a ... 1.2 times the 95th percentile, or a body mass index (BMI) of more than 35 kilograms/meter squared. ... more than the 95th percentile or a BMI of more than 30 kg/m . Overweight ...

  • Kaiser Permanente study: Snapshot of the prevalence of extreme obesity in younger children (19 Mar 2010 06:21)

    ... a few." Researchers used measured height and weight in electronic health records to conduct a ... 1.2 times the 95th percentile, or a body mass index (BMI) of more than 35 kilograms/meter squared. ... more than the 95th percentile or a BMI of more than 30 kg/m(2). Overweight is ...

  • Maternity units 'struggling to cope with obesity' (19 Mar 2010 01:21)

    ... - says obese pregnant women with a body mass index (BMI) of 35 or over should be ... by consultants. The guidance also calls for overweight women to be given advice on diet ... delivery, it added. Pregnant women with a BMI of 40 or over should also have ...

  • More, younger US kids are 'extremely obese'study (19 Mar 2010 04:31)

    ... at risk of dying decades younger than normal-weight children and of suffering old-age illnesses in ... classified as extremely obese, or having a body mass index (BMI) -- calculated by dividing a person's ... defined by the CDC as having a BMI greater than 25 -- and 19 percent ...

  • More, younger US kids are 'extremely obese': study (19 Mar 2010 05:56)

    ... at risk of dying decades younger than normal-weight children and of suffering old-age illnesses in ... classified as extremely obese, or having a body mass index (BMI) -- calculated by dividing a person's ... defined by the CDC as having a BMI greater than 25 -- and 19% were ...

  • More, younger US kids are extremely obese: study (19 Mar 2010 06:45)

    ... at risk of dying decades younger than normal-weight children and of suffering old-age illnesses in ... classified as extremely obese, or having a body mass index (BMI) -- calculated by dividing a person's ... -- defined by the as having a BMI greater than 25 -- and 19 per ...

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