Body Mass Index screening in Children and adolescents, done in a scientific way. Fabulous article. Although it’s based in Australia, one of its conclusions is that the CDC overweight criteria for Americans, is also suitable for Australia. The article supports the CDC criteria for children, using the 85th percentile of BMI for defining "at risk […]
Body Mass Index of children from Scotland and France
Comments about this study of the body mass index of children and centile charts I’ve included this article in my collection, because it shows charts of body mass index of children, comparing Scottish and French populations. The French data is older (1956-1979) whereas the Scottish data is newer ( 1989-1991), so the charts really show […]
Beneath the gleaming surface is lazy neglect
Official confirmation. Age 18 BMI cutoffs of Body Mass Index were applied to all adults as overweight and obesity criteria. The full text of this article is available free at British Medical Journal online. The authors found 6 diverse nations having good data about body mass index in children. It averaged all their data to […]
WHO really, is behind this?
Title of article: The WHO makes a reassessment of the appropriate body-mass index for Asian populations. Authors: Choo V. Journal: The Lancet, Jul 2002 20;360(9328):235 Abstract This is a short communication in the Lancet, without an abstract. Here is the major quote: "The range for acceptable, normal, or optimum body-mass index (BMI) for Asian populations […]
These guys deciding kids overweightness
Title of article: Body mass index and child obesity: are we nearing a definition? Authors: Poskitt, EM Journal: Acta Paediatr, May 2000;89(5):507- 509 Abstract There is no published abstract for this article. (It is a commentary on another article in Acta Paediatrica.) I have therefore provided this short abstract: Several paragraphs discuss the need for […]
Equipment in the basement for my fish tank
Aquarium supporting Equipment, in my basement. (furnace room). Sink Sump Salt Mix tank Shelf Water-making and storage Reverse Osmosis (RO)water purifier, and Deionizationresin filter. Electric controlled valveson input water supplyto RO Selenoid valve by fishbowl innovations water sprinkler valve from home depot Controller for valvesshown above. controller by fishbowl innovations controller by home depot RO […]
Aquarium fish pictures page of the dead
These are pictures of fish and corals that have died. Achilles Tang Sadly, he died in early March ’09, after eating the dead body of another fish. Lion Goby The Lion goby died unexpectedly in Jan 2009. He was a very fun fish.I tried replacing him with a Sleeper Goby in early March, but that […]
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