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If you have concerns about your health, chances are you’ve heard or read about body mass index, or BMI. Up until the 1980′s, body mass index wasn’t the standard used to determine healthy weights. Before BMI, simple tables were used –one for men and one for women– to calculate weight per inch of height. But since Read the rest of this post

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The Connection Between Body Fat Distribution And Health Risk

Medical studies have shown that weight management’ through the reduction of excess body fat plays a fundamental role in fighting disease and maintaining superior health. The research also linked the stress of excess body fat to major physical conditions Read the rest of this post

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How To Stay Fit While Writing
 by: Patty Apostolides

Day after day, writers tend to sit for hours writing that novel or story, and over time, this can become a potential problem. Their metabolism may slow down and the pounds can inch up. Statistics show all kinds of health problems associated with obesity.

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Sunday, 13th December, 2009

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How about these right… I think you’ll find the following nuggets of wisdom particularly insightful. Leave your comments below. Check out the second one in particular…

Donor-Site Morbidity After Osteochondral Autologous …

Variables that were examined included the number of grafts, total size of the harvested cylinders, Read the rest of this post

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Wednesday, 9th December, 2009

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Back with more news for you today. It’s amazing how much good information there is on this stuff out there if you know where to look. Three in particular that I found really valuable were…

The effect of maternal body mass index on spontaneous versus …

We evaluate the relationship between prepregnancy maternal body mass Read the rest of this post

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Our Mothers used to tell us, “Enough is enough, but too much is just too much!” The same adage is also true for blood pressure. Your blood pressure changes from minute to minute depending on what you are doing. A healthy blood pressure is in the range of 120/80 mmHg. Blood pressure staying within the 120/80 to 130/89mmHg Read the rest of this post

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