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The Economics of Overweight and Obesity Summary
7,194 words, approx. 24 pages Obesity has become a crucial health problem for our nation, and these findings show that the medical costs alone reflect the significance of the challenge. Of course, the ultimate cost to Americans is measured in chronic disease and early death. We...
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 Body mass index is defined as the individual's body weight divided by the square of their height. The formulas universally used in medicine produce a unit of measure of kg/m2. Body mass index may be accurately calculated using any of the formulas...




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Risk of preclampsia affected by body mass index.
07/01/2004: 383 words, approx. 1 pages Researchers at the Magee-Womens Research Institute, Pittsburgh, an affiliate of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), Pittsburgh, have discovered that in a study of 1,179 pregnant women, the risk of preeclampsia rose with relatively small increases in prepregnancy body fat, according to...
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 The Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging
Body Mass Index, Dementia, And Mortality In The Elderly
02/01/2008: 4,615 words, approx. 15 pages Abstract: Objectives: To explore the association between body mass index and mortality in the elderly taking the diagnosis of dementia into account. Design: Cohort study. Setting: cohort study of aging in Medicare recipients in New York City. Participants: 1,452 elderly individuals 65 years and...
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Insurer gives incentives to customers with acceptable body mass index
2/28/2007: 621 words, approx. 2 pages Amid a growing obesity epidemic in the United States, an insurance company has started giving customers another reason to slim down by being one of the first in the nation to offer discounts to customers who keep a low body-mass index.The program by Phoenix Cos....
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U.S. insurer gives incentives to customers with acceptable body mass index
2/28/2007: 325 words, approx. 1 pages Amid a growing obesity epidemic in the United States, an insurance company has started giving customers another reason to slim down by being one of the first in the country to offer discounts to customers who keep a low body-mass index.The program by Phoenix Cos....


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