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Body Mass Index (Bmi) Defined

BMI stands for Body Mass Index, and it is an assessment of your weight relative to your height. The formula is: weight in kg / (height in meters x height in meters). The results of the BMI calculation are categorized as follows:

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Who Decides if You're Overweight?

Published October 13, 2008, 12:58 am, Time Magazine

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Efforts to improve child health strong, but need work

Published October 12, 2008, 10:16 pm, Memphis Commercial Appeal

What you should know: Tennessee and the Mid-South area have made great strides in efforts to improve the health of children.

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Reading may lead kids to slimmer bodies

Published October 12, 2008, 9:01 pm, Knoxville News Sentinel

The usual routes to getting overweight kids to slim down are exercise programs, behavior modification and sometimes medication. But there might be a new type of treatment to consider: reading.

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The overweight debate: Healthy and heavy?

Published October 12, 2008, 9:23 am, MSNBC

Has science overemphasized the danger of a few extra pounds? What the latest firestorm among researchers means for you.

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Overweight kids: Fighting the obesity epidemic

Published October 11, 2008, 8:11 pm, The Daily Home

Obesity is an issue on the rise, one that can have far-reaching consequences. “Obesity is a serious health issue, not only for kids but for adults too,” said Dr. Rock Helms, family medicine doctor at Northside Medical Associates in Pell City.

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Dumaguing: Aerobic exercise increases a blood protein

Published October 11, 2008, 9:56 am, Sun Star

THREE months of aerobic exercise decrease body fat and calorie intake in overweight and obese people, according to a new study, and the researchers believe that changes to a central nervous system factor are responsible.

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Body Contouring: Selecting Appropriate Massive Weight Loss Patients Critical

Published October 11, 2008, 9:06 am, Medical News Today

The importance of pre-operative screening for patients seeking body contouring after massive weight loss will be assessed in three studies presented at the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) Plastic Surgery 2008 conference, Oct. 31 - Nov. 5, in Chicago.

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Study raises question marks over obesity rates

Published October 10, 2008, 9:39 am, Swissinfo

Obesity rates in Switzerland may be considerably underestimated, particularly among elderly women, new research findings suggest.

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Take Control of Your Future Health

Published October 10, 2008, 2:29 am, Carteret County News-Times

(ARA) - A quick fix -- it's the American way. If we want to lose weight, we try the current fad diet. If we get a new diagnosis, we hope the cure is as simple as popping a pill. When it comes to health, understandably, we all want the instant fix.

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Weighing in: Norman schools surround national average for obesity

Published October 9, 2008, 2:03 am, The Norman Transcript

Norman Public Schools health services coordinator Sharon Howard knows it's important to teach children as early as possible to eat healthy and exercise often.Howard said Norman Regional Hospital compiled a summary of body mass indexes from elementary student health screenings completed during the 2007-2008 school year.

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