They have long portrayed weight management as an understandable sum of calories in vs. calories out. Eat more calories than you burn, and you’ll put on weight. Burn more calories than you consume, and you’ll drop a lot of weight. The magic total of calories contended about for decades has been 3500 – deduct that […]
Another group of fatness articles
Years ago around year 2000, I was apparently very curious about the scientific validity of measuring body fat, by running an electric current from one foot to the other foot, via the legs, by standing on a scale. So I gathered up some research articles and posted them on my halls.md website. Years went by, […]
Don’t pet the sweaty things, famous quote.
Comments for adolescents overweight body mass index This article indicates that the current CDC criteria for defining overweight and obesity, are generous to adolescents, by letting kids be fatter than necessary before labelling them as overweight or obese. The body fat percentage criteria they used were: – "at risk of overweight" is body fat >= […]
There are several ways to calculate this
The first step in beginning the process of understand how to calculate your ideal body fat percentage is to consider variables such as body type, heredity, age, activity and gender. For instance, healthy ideal body fat percentage ranges for women tend to be higher than those for men, as women need more body fat, A […]
How to choose proper foods for your pantry!
Grocery shopping from your grocery list will guide you to buying the foods you actually need, and will cut down the number of those tempting snacks and such that you have around the house, and you will save a bunch of money while doing so! “There are 600 shopping carts at the grocery store, and […]
Fat percentage on weigh scales
I wondered about the scientific basis behind those popular body fat monitor scales, such as the Tanita series. Scales like those can show your body fat percentage, along with your body weight, which is remarkable. So a little research into their accuracy yielded the following references. It’s boring to most people, but interesting to a […]
Fish and Corals and Snails and Crabs
These are pictures of the fish and corals in my salt water aquarium. First started adding live rock and a few fish in Oct 2008. In mid-January 2009, I started saving pictures so that I could have a record of what they looked like, to allow future comparisons when they grow larger or get sick, […]
How body mass index and fattyfat scales are
Comments about the study using a body fat monitor scale That is a rather long abstract. Here are some the useful tidbits. They used the Tanita body fat monitor scale, which uses bioelectric impedance, foot-to-foot method. That’s a scale that you can buy and use at home. I’ve seen other published research studies use it […]
It’s always a great idea to keep track!
I’m sure that most of you are sitting there wondering to yourself what your normal body fat percentage is and if it is actually that normal. Well, normal is a vague term to use when discussing body fat percentage. The answer is that is all depends on your age, gender, and body type. The chart […]
Lacrosse Health Benefits
Lacrosse is an active sports team played across a really long, rectangular field. The way the game is played provides a substantial aerobic and strength-building workout, as players run up and down the field to get the lacrosse ball into the goal. Perhaps I could say it is combined between hockey, and soccer. The intensity […]
Fill up on these items before “flu season” hits!
You know that it is required to wash your hands and keep a far distance away from that sneezing co-worker. But what about the healthy foods you wish to battle that sniffliest time of the year? Throughout this page, you will find some advice about some foods that promote weight loss and immune systems boost… […]
Older Found aircraft
This post is about preserving the history of Found aircraft. This information used to be on a long static html page on my website, but I had to move it here, and move the images to a location where Google doesn’t index them, because they are considered ‘duplicate content’, which causes penalties to my webiste. […]
Feeling fine, body mass index kinder suprise.
Comments and Key points This article recommends optimum Body Mass Index threshold values to define obesity: BMI threshold Boys Girls Age 10-11 19.0 19.6 Age 12-13 19.4 21.2 Age 14-15 24.0 21.9 It’s a good article from a perfectly conducted study. The population sample came from Lisbon, Portugal, which is the only factor that makes […]
Amazing 5 day juice fasting tips
This type of health diet plan has been known to shower you with countless benefits… From detoxing your body, to cleansing your intestines and giving your digestive system a rest. From helping you lose some stubborn weight you have been urging to get rid of, to clearing your skin. It also brings peace and quiet […]
Not skydiving
Appendix. How the standard Gail Model method was modified and implemented in the halls.md breast cancer risk calculator. Here are the statistical details, the technical stuff, describing the inner workings of the halls.md Breast Cancer Risk Calculator. My summary is: I’ve made some modifications to the published Gail Model method, but my calculator works very […]
Think or not, about those fancy scales
A Tanita article saying their impedance weight scales for body fat, do work in children. Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA), and Bio-electrical impedance methods, using a Tanita body fat scale, had equivalent results in children, with no significant difference. This study has a twin cousin, using the same data sample of children. References http://www.tanita.com/professional/abstracts/abstract_main.html […]
Technicalities
Sensitivity and Specificity issues regarding BMI thresholds By Steven B. Halls, MD FRCPC Many medical tests have issues with sensitivity and specificity. What do these words mean? Sensitivity: is the ability to correctly detect disease. Specificity: is the ability to avoid calling Normal things as disease. A perfect medical test would have 100% sensitivity […]
When I think about the past
Back in 1999, Steve and Jenny looked like this. FAR BACK to 1986, when the original Moose came out. There was no color or greyscale back then, only black&white pixels and dithering. There was no internet, only modems and bulletin board systems. Dr. Steven B. Halls Curriculum Vitae. If you were looking […]
This is NOT as sour as you may think!
The main important benefits of lemon water weight loss is that it reduces cholesterol and it stimulates the liver and pancreas. This certain type of water has very high levels of citric acid – which is good for the decomposition of body fat. Not to mention, lemon water helps your body to eliminate all excess […]
Which one should you be counting?!
…That is the real question when it comes to finding more effective pathways for losing weight. While both methods have their proponents and detractors, the conventional wisdom has it that counting calories (as in watching your intake on this) is the way to go for weight loss and management. The reason goes back to the […]
Simply lose weight with this tasty spice!
Cinnamon keeps you feeling full, and it is a natural digestive. It also benefits by storing less fatty acids, as well as supporting energy levels, concentration and alertness. Cinnamon also enhances gut health. The best choice for a possible cinnamon weight loss program is Ceylon Cinnamon. Because of this, it has the lowest Coumarin levels […]
Miffed
Why did CDC growth charts compress the upper weight values? By Steven B. Halls, MD, FRCPC While Dr. SB Halls and J Hansen were re-analysing the NHANES III data on the pediatric height and weight distribution in the American population, a slight difference was discovered between our results and the results plotted in the standard […]
Building my Expedition E350 aircraft
I originally made this post in 2010 (as a page on halls.md), and am updating it in 2014 (and moving it into a wordpress post). It documents the construction of the aircraft that I now own. The reason I’m moving it into a wordpress post, away from a static html page, is because the original […]
Benefits of fermented grapes!
For several individuals, a meal is not complete without a glass of wine. If white wine is your all time favorite, if it’s either a bottle of something special or a restaurant’s house wine, you can involve it in your diet without any trouble. A glass of calories white wine is somewhat low , has […]
Delicious tips to your morning-meal
Breakfast is the most substantial meal of the day. But what you may not realize, is that eating breakfast is vital recommendation of fuel to get your metabolism active for the day. Aim for 400 to 600 calories within an hour of waking up, with a priority of nutrients that will allow you to be […]
What good is the overweight cutoff in women?
Comments about their body fat percentage cutoff for women. They defined obesity, based on body fat percentages, 25% in men and 35% in women. The 35% number for women is a little higher than other articles, but they justify it by stating that it treats men and women equally: " 7% of the females and […]
Quick weight Loss Pills and Supplements: The Truth!
Quick weight-loss pills and weight-loss supplements have become increasingly popular over the last decade. Although many of these weight-loss products promise amazing results and claim to be ‘natural‘ products, be very careful about what you are buying and putting into your body. Due to the huge internet marketing of rapid weight loss products and some […]
Sweat yourself skinny!? I wonder if this works!
You can lose weight in a sauna, but you are not building any muscle whatsoever. You aren’t burning a significantly raised rate of calories and you’re really just only losing water weight. In addition, not replacing the water you are swearing out can actually make it quite a bit harder for your body to lose […]
Anti Aging Diets: Look and feel Younger Tips
Anti aging diet foods are full of antioxidants, like:- grapes blueberries nuts dark green vegetables such as kale and spinach sweet potatoes and orange vegetables tea and green tea Whole grain beans fish Such ‘super foods’ prevent inflammation and cellular damage by destroying free radicals in the body. Free radicals are unstable oxygen molecules produced […]
These slim people at 10th percentile can teach us something
Comments and Key points This is an article about anorexia BMI measurements. In addition to its main content about anorexia, it also included tables of data of German BMI measurements at various ages. The 10th percentile data from the German National Nutrition Survey (1985 to 1989) is shown in the chart below. My point for […]
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