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Professor discovers new way to calculate body's 'Maximum Weight Limit'
Most of us are familiar with the term, Body Mass Index, or BMI, as an index to determine healthy body weight. But, calculating BMI involves a complex formula: weight in pounds is multiplied by 703, and then divided by height ...
Sep 18, 2009 |
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Quality of parent-toddler relationship could affect risk for childhood obesity
Toddlers who do not have a secure emotional relationship with their parents, and particularly their mothers, could be at increased risk for obesity by age 4 ½, according to new research.
Apr 19, 2011 |
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Obesity cuts U.S. children's life expectancy short
For the first time in history, the next generation will not live longer than their parents.
Jan 13, 2011 |
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Etanercept helps restore normal growth in children with juvenile arthritis
Researchers from the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center observed a statistically significant increase in mean height, weight, and body mass index (BMI) percentiles in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 03, 2010 |
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Small BMI change in overweight children could have big blood pressure impact
Small changes in weight can make bigger differences in the blood pressure for overweight children, compared to those at normal weight, according to a new study.
Oct 15, 2010 |
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Large-scale analysis identifies 32 genetic loci for obesity
An international team of researchers has identified 18 new genetic loci associated with obesity assessed by BMI, and confirmed a link between obesity and 14 previously known loci. Almost 250,000 individuals were included ...
Oct 11, 2010 |
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Sugary sports drinks mistakenly associated with being healthy: researchers
Children who practice healthy lifestyle habits such as eating fruits and vegetables and engaging in physical activity may be negatively impacting their health because they tend to consume large amounts of flavored and sports ...
Sep 27, 2010 |
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Simple tools help parents understand a child's risk of obesity, make positive changes
Some simple interventions used by pediatricians were enough to change a parent's perspective about a child's being overweight or obese, and change the parent's behaviors at home to reduce those risks.
Jul 12, 2010 |
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Pediatricians can help parents recognize overweight preschoolers
Parents are more likely to underestimate their preschool children's weight when pediatricians do not tell them their children are overweight or gaining weight too fast, a study by the University of South Florida and Johns ...
Jun 15, 2010 |
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Researchers find ethnicity key to accurate obesity measurements
The current National Institutes of Health body mass index cutoff values for obesity are too high for many reproductive-age women in the U.S. and should be adjusted to account for ethnic differences in body composition to ...
Apr 21, 2010 |
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Study finds no evidence that obese patients are less likely to receive recommended care
Despite a concern that obese or overweight patients may receive lower quality of health care, an analysis of eight common outpatient quality measures from a sample of nearly 70,000 patients finds no evidence that obese or ...
Apr 06, 2010 |
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