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...report, published in the Nov. 27 Archives of Internal Medicine and headed by Karin B. Michels, associate professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology at HMS and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, explored the link between body mass index (BMI) and premenopausal breast cancer...
...Average body mass index (BMI) of a citizen of Malta, the fattest nation in Europe, according to a European Commission survey 25.4 BMI of the average E.U. citizen. A rating above 25 is considered overweight...
...having poor gestational outcomes,” said Assistant Professor of International Nutrition Eduardo Villamor, one of the study’s lead researchers. “A relatively modest increase in weight between pregnancies could lead to serious illnesses.” The researchers calculated body mass index (BMI), which is a measurement based on weight and height, at the first prenatal visit for each of the consecutive pregnancies. They compared increases in BMI with the frequency of complications in the second pregnancy. Results showed that a gain of only one or two BMI units—equivalent...
...assume for a moment that a high BMI score is a health hazard. What then? What advice should health authorities give to the more than 1.3 billion people in the world who would supposedly benefit from losing weight? The standard tip has been to eat less and move more, which presupposes that people eat more and move less than they did a generation ago. A typical media portrayal of today's child is of a fatso slumped in front of a video game, guzzling soft drink and not faintly inclined to venture outside to kick a ball or climb...
...esophageal cancer whose incidence has risen in Australia recently. His conclusion-not yet reviewed by peers-is that "obese people have consistently raised risks of esophageal adenocarcinoma and that this risk is apparent even for modestly overweight people." On the more general issue of the risks of rising BMI, Whiteman says: "A few extra pounds is probably not going to hurt people and may even be advantageous to long-term survival. The problem is that most Australians carry considerably more that just a few extra pounds. In addition, people are getting fatter at younger ages. We don't yet know...