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What Is A Healthy Weight?| | Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:11:42 -0800
-- Your "healthy" weight cannot simply be calculated from a general source - people's healthy weight, or ideal weight, depends on several factors, including their age, sex, body type, bone density, muscle-fat-ratio, overall general health, and height. Over the last few decades, using BMI (body mass index) was seen as an excellent means for calculating a person's healthy weight. However, BMI, as you ... |
Report Finds Reducing Average Body Mass Index Rates by Five Percent Could Lead to Billions in Health Care Savings| | Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:02:16 -0800
-- The Trust for America's Health (TFAH) has released a new report, Bending the Obesity Cost Curve, which finds that reducing the average body mass index by just five percent in the United States could lead to more than $29 billion in health care savings in just five years, due to reduced obesity-related costs. The analysis found that the country ... |
Breastfeeding can reduce risk of childhood obesity| | Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:24:03 -0800
-- ( University of Colorado Denver ) Children of diabetic pregnancies have a greater risk of childhood obesity but new research from the Colorado School of Public Health shows breastfeeding can reduce this threat. |
Prevalence of Obesity and Trends in the Distribution of Body Mass Index Among US Adults, 1999-2010 [Original ...| | Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:08:02 -0800
-- Context Between 1980 and 1999, the prevalence of adult obesity (body mass index [BMI] ‰¥30) increased in the United States and the distribution of BMI changed. More recent data suggested a slowing or leveling off of these trends. Objective To estimate the prevalence of adult obesity from the 2009-2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and compare adult obesity and the ... |
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