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Are You Really Overweight?
If you are overweight, you know it by how you feel, how your clothes fit or how you look. But, by how much are you really overweight? And how much weight do you need to lose? One measure of how much you should weight is by determining your Body Mass... (read more)

Body Mass Index (BMI) Cant Measure Your Overall Health
Body-Mass index is a ratio of your weight to your height. Too low of a BMI may indicate that you are underweight - undernourished or suffering some kind of illness that leads to unintentional weight loss... (read more)

Obesity, Whats The Big Deal Part 3
Previously we have discussed the obesity epidemic, the Surgeon General? warning, associated risks of this condition, the definition of obesity and overweight, as well as some of the excuses and lifestyle factors associated with obesity... (read more)

BMI Calculator Results
BMI, Body Mass Index, is the most popular and simple way that health professionals use to determine if you are a healthy weight. This article concerns how to interpret your results... (read more)

Is Body Mass Index or BMI a Real Measure of Obesity or is It Flawed?
Body Mass Index (bmi) A Misleading measure of ObesityMany professionals use body mass index also known as bmi as a measure of excess fat or obesity, but the system is totally flawed and misleading. So..... (read more)

What is Your Healthy Body Weight
Everywhere we look in the western world we are inundated with pictures, images, icons and inferences of the 'perfect' female shape! The truth is that many of these images are altered or enhanced in some way and do not depict the typical female form... (read more)

Overweight? What is Your Heathy Weight?
Everywhere we look in the western world we are inundated with pictures, images, icons and inferences of the 'perfect' female shape! The truth is that many of these images are altered or... (read more)

Does It Matter If You Are Overweight?
Everywhere we look in the western world we are inundated with pictures, images, icons and inferences of the 'perfect' female shape! The truth is that many of these images are altered or enhanced in some way and do not depict the typical female form... (read more)

High School Algebra Finally Pays Off: The Body Fat Equation
When approaching your goals for a better you, every game plan needs to start with determining where you are, and where you want to end up... (read more)

How to Find Your Ideal Body Weight Part II
Body Mass Index (BMI)Body Mass Index is an accurate indicator of surplus body fat than kilos or pounds. It is a mathematical ratio of height to weight that can be linked with body composition (or body fat percentage) and with indices of health risk... (read more)

Calculate Your BMI Do You Need to Lose Weight?
There are a few different ways to determine if you are overweight... (read more)

Excess Weight - Is It Going To Kill You?
For many years, the experts, including our government have been telling Americans that obesity is a leading cause of preventable deaths... (read more)

Just How Soon After Having A Baby Is It Realistic To Try And Fit Into Those Pre-Pregnancy Jeans?
That depends, say the experts, on a number of things including how high your body mass index was before getting pregnant... (read more)

Monitoring BMI In Children Today Could Lead To Better Health
In a new study published by the American Heart Association, it is suggested that infants who gain weight rapidly during their first week may be more likely to have weight... (read more)

How Body Mass Index Works? Set Your Weight Loss Goals
Many people want to lose a few of those annoying pounds, but they just don? know where to start. If only there was some sort of guide that would help dieters to set goals... (read more)

Lose Weight And Keep It Off A Remarkable New Way To Do It
The percentage of Americans who are overweight and obese is increasing very rapidly. "Overweight" is defined as having a Body Mass Index (BMI) from 25. 0 to 29... (read more)

Acupuncture Weight Loss Fact or Fantasy?
I remember back in my senior year of high school - my best friend since 5th grade was living in France. He wrote that they didn't like Americans much... (read more)

Acupuncture Weight Loss? Plus 5 Step Weight Loss Plan
I remember back in my senior year of high school - my best friend since 5th grade was living in France. He wrote that they didn't like Americans much. "They think we're all fat," he said. With his own skinny frame, of course, he confounded their belief... (read more)

Understand the Science of Obesity And You Are On Your Way To Conquer It
Many people think obesity means that a person is overweight, but that's not exactly true... (read more)

Expanding Waist Lines
As many of us well know, our expanding waistlines are at epidemic proportion in America. For those who are dubious, epidemic, according to Webster-Merriam online dictionary means, "affecting or tending to affect a disproportionately large number of... (read more)

Can You Reduce Your Risk of Breast Cancer?
We hear it all the time?ose weight for your health. Few people however, realize the extent to which this is critical to their physical well-being and ultimately their life expectancy... (read more)

Obesity:The Gateway to Diseases
Do you know the name of that one disease which has spread in the U.S.A. like an epidemic? Are you aware of the fact that the maximum number of people suffering from this disease in the world are in no other country but U.S.A... (read more)

Your Risk of Cancer Can Increase With Weight Gain!
We hear it all the time?ose weight for your health. Few people however, realize the extent to which this is critical to their physical well-being and ultimately their life expectancy... (read more)

Understand the Science of Obesity And Youre On Your Way To Conquer It
Many people think obesity means that a person is overweight, but that's not exactly true. An overweight person has a surplus amount of weight that includes muscle, bone, fat and water. An obese person has a surplus of body fat... (read more)

Six Steps to Reduce Your Risk of Breast Cancer
We hear it all the time…lose weight for your health. Few people however, realize the extent to which this is critical to their physical well-being and ultimately their life expectancy... (read more)