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	<title>Level of Health - Medical Blog &#187; Obesity</title>
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		<title>APPLICATION OF BODY MASS INDEX PRINCIPLES: DISCUSSION</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Judd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our findings support the growing concern about problems of overweight and obesity among school-age children and the need to use BMI as a percentile according to sex and age to properly evaluate such students. Because our study sample was mostly black students, we will focus on concerns about this portion of the U.S. population. Of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BODY SIZE AS A DETERMINANT OF INFANT ADIPOSITY: DISCUSSION</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:43:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Judd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several important findings were observed in this study. It was determined that 57% of infants perceived to be small at birth received nonmilk foods before two months, compared to 50% of average and large infants, respectively (Table 5). There was no significant difference in means observed between large and small infants, but between average and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>APPLICATION OF BODY MASS INDEX PRINCIPLES: RESULTS</title>
		<link>http://www.levelofhealth.com/diabetes/application-of-body-mass-index-principles-results.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:54:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Judd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Table 2 outlines the demographics of each of the five classes assessed. Data were obtained from the Nutstat module of Epi Info.6 The ages in months for each grade reflect that this study was completed in the spring of the academic school year. Because the 54 black students made up more than 80% of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BODY SIZE AS A DETERMINANT OF INFANT ADIPOSITY: IMPLICATIONS</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:43:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Judd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Obesity]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.levelofhealth.com/?p=482</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Though these findings highlight an important and less-investigated sector of obesity research, there are still many unanswered questions. For example, we were unable to examine in depth the real reasons why each group of women introduced nonmilk foods early. A comparative analysis using in-depth interviews with each group of women to explore the reasons for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>APPLICATION OF BODY MASS INDEX PRINCIPLES: METHODS</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:49:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Judd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After receiving parental permission, 66 children from grades one through five in the City of Richmond&#8217;s first model elementary school were assessed for height and weight (counterweight scale) by the school nurse on March 14, 2003. Students wore their school dress, took off their shoes, and emptied their pockets before being weighed. Additional demographic information [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BODY SIZE AS A DETERMINANT OF INFANT ADIPOSITY: RESULTS part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.levelofhealth.com/obesity/body-size-as-a-determinant-of-infant-adiposity-results-part-2.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:43:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Judd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To capture actual maternal practice, the MIFPQ was administered, and the corresponding percent­ages of women answering each question are listed in Table 4. The purpose of this questionnaire was to capture actual practices to support findings in the interview schedule and the MIFAQ. Therefore, there were no right or wrong answers. Table 5. Nonmilk Food [...]]]></description>
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		<title>APPLICATION OF BODY MASS INDEX PRINCIPLES</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 07:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Judd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[INTRODUCTION Obesity is an ever-increasing problem in the United States. Recent reports describe a 30.5% age-adjusted prevalence rate of obesity for adults. Comparable figures for children and adolescents are 10.4% for ages 2-5 years, 15.3% for ages 6-11 years, and 15.5% for ages 12-19 years. In a 2003 policy statement of the American Academy of [...]]]></description>
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