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"Determining Your body mass index (BMI) The table below has already done the math and metric conversions. To use the table, find the appropriate height in the left-hand column. Move across the row to the given weight. The number ax the top of the column is the BMI for that height and weight." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.)

"Evidence for independent genetic influences on fat mass and body mass index in a pediatric twin sample. Pediatrics 104, 61-67. 4. Butte, N. F., Cai, G., Cole, S. A., and Comuzzie, A. G. (2006). Viva la Familia Study: genetic and environmental contributions to childhood obesity and its comorbidities in the Hispanic population. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 84, 646-654; quiz, 673-644. 5. Comuzzie, A. G, and Allison, D. B. (1998). The search for human obesity genes. Science 280, 1374-1377. 6. Frayling, T. M., Timpson, N. J., Weedom, M. N., Zeggini, E., Freathy, R. M, Lindgren, C. M., Perry, J. R. B." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) "More recently, we have found a gene-diet interaction between the APOA5 gene and total fat intake in relation to body mass index (BMI), overweight, and obesity risk [147]. The homogeneity of this interaction was detected in both men and women and followed a dose-response relationship. In comparison with wild-type subjects, the carriers of the variant C allele at the -1131T>C SNP appeared to be protected from an increase in body weight when consuming more dietary fat. Interactions between BMI and APOA5 had been previously reported by Aberle et al. [148]." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"It also doesn't hurt that the Mediterranean diet is associated with a lower body mass index (BMI) and lower levels of obesity. According to Dimitrios Trichopoulos, MD, PhD, from the Harvard School of Public Health, who recently studied the diets of more than 20,000 Greeks W1F4JM' OLIVE OIL Aside from being flavorful and delicious, olive oil is rich in monounsaturated fat and offers a wealth of benefits over the higher polyunsaturated vegetable oils. Consider the following: Olive oil may decrease the risk of cancer." - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.) "FOR YOUR WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE: A larger waist circumference is associated with an increased risk for type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease in people with a high body mass index (BMI), between 25.0 and 34.9. For them, an unhealthy waist measurement is above 35 inches for women and above 40 inches for men. FOR YOUR WAIST-TO-HIP RATIO: Divide your waist measurement by your hip measurement. A waist-to-hip ratio of 0.7 for women and 0.9 for men is considered safe. A waist-to-hip ratio of 1." - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.)

"In general I advise clinically obese people, meaning those with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or more, to continue to avoid fruit and grains until they reach a BMI of 29, putting them in the overweight category. To find out how to calculate your BMI, visit www.drgundry.com. þDo you have diabetes or the metabolic syndrome? / advise my patients with these conditions to stay the course until their sugars and blood insulin levels normalize. Sometimes this happens in as little as six weeks." - Dr. Steven R. Gundry, Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution: Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You - And Your Waistline - And Drop the Weight for Good (Get the book.)

"One in four Americans is obese, as defined by a body mass index, or BMI (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters), of over thirty. In 1999 and 2000 more than 64% of Americans were overweight or obese, as defined by a BMI of twenty-five. You may not be surprised that one death out of five each year is caused by cigarette smoking, but did you know that an equal number of deaths are caused by obesity? Indeed, obesity has a number of negative health consequences, including early mortality." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"Using the body mass index to determine risk for diabetes is not completely reliable and can keep these numbers lower than they actually are. Taking averages in human statistic analysis always ends up distorting the true figures. A balanced Vata type, for example has a naturally lower weight than average. According to the body mass index Vatas are considered underweight. Their bones are much lighter and they have very little body fat on them." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"Menopausal status, number of live births, post-menopausal estrogen therapy, and body mass index all influence breast density. Most importantly, breast density is a familial trait. Furthermore, there is an increase in risk for breast cancer in women with dense breasts, a risk that is not entirely a result of the compromise in mammographic sensitivity and may reflect the quantity of glandular tissue that can turn cancerous. The upshot is that the denser breast is at greater risk for breast cancer but unfortunately also for a breast cancer that escapes detection by mammography." - Nortin M. Hadler MD, Worried Sick: A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America (Get the book.)

"In addition, obesity has been found to be an independent risk factor for PMS, and those with a body mass index of greater than 30 had a threefold increase in risk for PMS.5 Treatment for the underlying condition in these cases is more likely to eliminate the premenstrual aggravation than is treatment aimed solely at PMS. Among women self-presenting to PMS clinics for medical care, fully 75 percent had another diagnosis that contributed significantly to their symptoms—major depressive or other mood disorders being most prominent." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.) "A body weight less than 127 pounds or a body mass index less than 21 kg/m2 is a risk factor for low BMD. Thinness is associated with low bone density and a twofold increased risk of fracture, especially in older women.32 Laboratory Tests. Laboratory tests are important in determining the cause of the low bone density or osteoporosis. Secondary causes of bone loss should be identified because the cause needs to be treated, not just the resulting effects, the bone loss. Laboratory studies and biochemical markers are done on an individual basis." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"Maintain a healthy body mass index (BMI). Adventists with healthy BMIs (meaning they have an appropriate weight for their heights) who keep active and eat meat sparingly, if at all, have lower blood pressure, lower blood cholesterol, and less cardiovascular disease than heavier Americans with higher BMIs. Get regular, moderate exercise. The Adventist Health Survey (AHS) shows that you don't need to be a marathoner to maximize your life expectancy. Getting regular, low-intensity exercise like daily walks appears to help reduce your chances of having heart disease and certain cancers." - Dan Buettner, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest (Get the book.)

"Consider these facts about exercise and weight, which will inspire you to lace up your sneakers: According to researchers, women 40-66 years of age who accumulate 10,000 or more steps a day have a significantly lower percent body fat, waist, and hip circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, and body mass index compared to inactive women.2 Individuals who successfully lose weight exercise enough to burn an average of 2,600-2,800 calories per week.3 This may seem like a lot, but let's break it down: 2,800 calories a week equals 400 calories a day equals. . . an average 4 miles per day ..." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.)

"Niacin has also been found to decrease inflammatory markers like C-reactive protein235 and increase adiponectin, a hormone that not only decreases atherosclerosis but improves glucose tolerance, body mass index, and fatty liver disease.236-237 In a study of patients with previous history of heart attack, niacin was found to decrease the risk of repeat MI and death in patients with and without metabolic syndrome." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"In other words, independent of body mass index (BMI), age, supplement use, socioeconomic levels, or smoking status, the higher the vitamin C in the study participants' blood, the lower their waist-to-hip ratio.14 This held true for both men and women. Now this study didn't demonstrate a causative relationship between abdominal fat and vitamin C levels—one can't say the lack of vitamin C was directly responsible for the fat distribution—but clearly there is some relationship between maintaining optimal levels of this important nutrient and body composition." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.)

"But I focus on getting fit because we know with certainty that having a normal body mass index and a robust cardiovascular system optimizes your brain. Any level of activity will help, certainly, but from a practical standpoint, if you're going to bother doing something for your brain, you might as well do enough to protect your body against heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and the like. Body and brain are connected. Why not take care of both?" - John J. Ratey, MD, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (Get the book.) "In Lawler's district, an astonishing 97 percent of freshmen in 2001, and again in 2002, were at a healthy weight according to body mass index guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). In the spring of 2005, an independent assessment of Naperville 203 students' fitness showed even better results. A sports physiologist named Craig Broeder and a team of his graduate students from Benedictine University came in and tested a random sampling of 270 students, from sixth graders through high school seniors. " - John J. Ratey, MD, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (Get the book.) "Of the six areas that the FitnessGram measures, two seem to be particularly important in relation to academic performance. "Body mass index and aerobic fitness really stuck out in our regression equation," Castelli says. "They were the most significant contributors. I was really surprised it was that clear-cut." Hillman went beyond correlating data, though. He wanted to dig into the neuroscience of these findings, so he took a group of forty kids—half fit, half unfit — and measured their attention, working memory, and processing speed." - John J. Ratey, MD, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (Get the book.) "But Lawler and Zientarski's ambitions extend far beyond concerns about their students' body mass index. "I tell people it's not my job as a PE teacher to make kids fit," Zientarski says. "My job is to make them know all of the things they need to know to keep themselves fit. Exercise in itself is not fun. It's work. So if you can make them understand it, show them the benefits — that's a radical transformation. Especially for us coaches. We're control freaks. I can get sixty-five kids to stand on a white line if I say Hut!, and for years that's what we did." - John J. Ratey, MD, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (Get the book.)

"BODY SHAPE AND SIZE APPLE-SHAPED BODY cular problems than just weight or other measures, such as body mass index (BMI) or waist-hip ratio (WHR). WARNING SIGNS A 40-inch waistline in men and a 35-inch waist in women places them at increased risk of heart disease. And women with a 36-inch or larger waist are at increased risk of gallstones. Unfortunately, many menopausal women find that as their age creeps up, so does their weight. Besides being distressing, a gain of more than 44 pounds after menopause puts a woman at increased risk of breast cancer." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.)

"OBESITY: According to a study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, people who consumed the most whole grain foods had a lower body mass index (BMI). Tips on Using Wheat SELECTION AND STORAGE: • There are basically six classes of wheat to choose from: • Durum—Used to make semolina flour for pasta. • Hard Red Spring—High-protein wheat used for baked goods. • Hard Red Winter—High-protein wheat used for baked goods and as an adjunct in other flours to increase protein in pastry flour for pie crusts." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

"Wondering where you fit in? The body mass index or BMI is the measure of a person's body fat based on height and weight. For adults, you're "normal" if your BMI is between 18.5 and 24.9; "overweight" if you have a body mass index or BMI of 25 to 29.9; "obese" if your BMI is 30 or more, and "morbidly obese" if your BMI is greater than 40 or you're at least 100 pounds overweight. To learn your BMI, visit the CDC's website at www.cdc.gov/ nccdphp/dnpa/bmi/calc-bmi.htm. Ph.D., chief of the behavioral surveillance branch at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia." - Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., Sugar Shock!: How Sweets and Simple Carbs Can Derail Your Life-- and How YouCan Get Back on Track (Get the book.)

"How to Measure Your Body Mass Index Using the body mass index (BMI) is one of the most common ways of calculating whether a person's weight is normal or not." - Jack Challem, Stop Prediabetes Now: The Ultimate Plan to Lose Weight and Prevent Diabetes (Get the book.)

"Body Mass Index The body mass index (BMI) is a figure that represents the height. The following table will give you a rough idea of your percentage of your body weight that is due to fat. It is deter- BMI." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.) "Health professionals commonly use a measurement called the body mass index, or BMI, to classify an adult's weight as healthy, moderately overweight, or obese. You can calculate your BMI by multiplying your weight (in pounds) by 700, dividing the result by your height (in inches), then dividing that result by your height (in inches) a second time. (See body mass index on page 597.) Basically, according to this index, a BMI from 19 to 24.9 is considered healthy; from 25 to 29.9, overweight; and from 30 upward, obese." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.)

"While this could seem logical at first blush, research has demonstrated that the exact opposite is true: A good night's sleep—a restful 7 hours for most people—actually favors a healthy weight and body mass index while inadequate sleep can make losing weight ever more difficult while simultaneously having other negative health consequences. We've long known that sleep seems to refresh the brain but we now know that sleep, or the lack thereof, affects a host of bodily systems including our metabolism, our hormones, and our immune function." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.)

"Eating a "Western diet"—associated with a higher body mass index and a greater intake of calories and dietary cholesterol—was twice as common among those diagnosed with colon cancer, and the association was strongest among people diagnosed at a younger age." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.)

"Both groups were measured for body mass index, bone mass, bone mineral density, markers of bone turnover, levels of Vitamin D and inflammatory markers, such as C-reactive protein and insulinlike growth factors. The raw vegans were found to have less inflammation, indicated by low levels of C-reactive protein, which is made by the liver in response to inflammation in the body. The presence of inflammation is a sign of disease progression and aging. The raw vegans also had lower levels of the human hormone 1GF-1, which meant lower risk of breast and prostate cancer." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"Body Mass Index The body mass index (bmi or Quatelet index) describes the heft of a person, taking into account both weight and height. The calculation is simple: weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in metres. So if you weigh 100 kg (about 220 pounds) and you're 2 metres tall (about 6 feet), your bmi = 100/4 = 25- BMI is a risk factor for dying before your time. But, like all the risk factors that are elements of the metabolic syndrome, the relationship between bmi and longevity is not linear; it is U-shaped." - Nortin M. Hadler, The Last Well Person: How to Stay Well Despite the Health-Care System (Get the book.)

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