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...study, published recently in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, found that men with a higher Body Mass Index (BMI)—calculated by dividing a person’s weight in kilograms by height in meters squared—are at less risk for hereditary prostate cancer than men with a lower BMI...
...sporadic prostate cancer, seen in men older than 60 or without a family history, the link between BMI and cancer risk was weak and not statistically significant...
...high BMI “has been associated with a higher risk of many cancers, but the studies have not been so consistent for prostate cancer,” said Associate Professor of Medicine Edward L. Giovannucci ’80, the study’s lead author...
...women between the ages of 50 and 70 were not affected by their heels, regardless of how often or how high they wore them. Factors that did increase risk included previous knee injury, heavy smoking, osteoarthritis of the feet and, most important, having been overweight (with a BMI of 25 or higher). --By Sora Song
Something was. As the state's 1,139 public schools opened their doors for a new year, they faced a new task. For the first time they will be asked to issue each student a health report card in the form of a body mass index, or BMI (see box). As lawmakers initially envisioned the plan when they passed the Biggs-sponsored bill in April, schools were to literally add a section to report cards--alongside the traditional assessments in reading, writing and 'rithmetic--for this measure of a child's body. At a time when schools are increasingly taking...