Acupuncture Blood High Pressure

Sitemap

High Blood PressureArticle (updated Frequently)

Do You Know Your Body Mass Index (BMI)?

By: Lynda Brooks

Knowing your body mass index is an excellent way to begin understanding and assisting your body toward better health.

This index (BMI) was designed to utilize a ratio of weight to height to determine health risks. BMI’s that are above a certain number on the scale indicate probability of increased health risks.

A BMI over 24.9 signifies that a person is overweight, while a BMI over 30 indicates obesity. Research shows that being overweight has associated health risks such as heart disease, diabetes, and high blood pressure.

The higher the BMI, the greater the risk of health concerns.

A person in the normal weight range has a BMI of 19-24.
Recent medical findings indicate that a low BMI (<19) carries increased health risk, too. Interestingly enough, there is a concern strong enough that consideration is being given to requiring runway models to have a BMI of at least 17 (which is still too low) in order to be allowed to model.

BMI scale
<19 underweight
20-24.9 normal
25-29.9 overweight
>30 obese

**FREE fitness calculators—including a BMI tool can be found at www.healthgoldmine.com
____________________

About the Author

Lynda Brooks
www.healthgoldmine.com
Lynda is a long-time health and fitness enthusiast who researches the latest information regarding health, implements it into her life and imparts it on her website.

Keywords: 'high blood pressure' health, blood, health risks, knowing your body, bmi over, high blood pressure, 'high blood pressure', body mass index, bmi

High Blood PressureNews

High Blood PressureLinks

Electrical Acupuncture Slashes High Blood Pressure 4/16/05
Acupuncture combined with electrical stimulation can lower your blood pressure if you have hypertension. ... Electrical Acupuncture Slashes High Blood Pressure. Acupuncture combined with electrical stimulation ... can lower elevations in blood pressure by 50 percent, according to ...

WebMD: Acupuncture Can Lower High Blood Pressure
... Acupuncture Can Lower High Blood Pressure. Home & Top Stories Western Science Is Slowly Uncovering Secrets of ... how to lower high blood pressure medical information advice articles ...

Acupuncture Can Lower High Blood Pressure
Western Science Is Slowly Uncovering Secrets of Eastern Medicine ... the huge number of patients with ischemia, high blood pressure, and irregular heart beat, or heart arrhythmias, he ...

Article: "Acupuncture for High Blood Pressure? ." - Medical Update
Price: $9.95. Publication: Medical Update. March 2002. Immediate Online Delivery. Excerpt: " A groundbreaking new study is testing whether an age-old therapy might help treat a modern-day...

BBC NEWS | Health | Acupuncture 'cuts blood pressure'
Acupuncture combined with electronic stimulation can lower high blood pressure, US researchers say. ... medical director of the British Medical Acupuncture Society, said the study was interesting ... recommend patients sought acupuncture treatment for high blood pressure "at this stage ...

Mass. General To Study Acupuncture Treatment For High Blood Pressure
... the efficacy of acupuncture in treating high blood pressure. The study, Stop Hypertension with the Acupuncture Research Program (SHARP), is a ...

Acupuncture May Help Lower High Blood Pressure
... Home Alternative Medicine Acupuncture May Help Lower High Blood Pressure. Thu, 19 Jan 2006 GMT ... Acupuncture May Help Lower High Blood Pressure. Contributed by Lisa Olen| 29 March, 2005 ...

High Blood Pressure
About 50 million people in the U.S. have hypertension, or high blood pressure, and it causes approximately 700, 000 deaths a year. ... High Blood Pressure: Overview. Acupuncture Allergies Alzheimer's Disease Androgen Anxiety Disorders ... Insurance Heart Disease Hepatitis High Blood Pressure HIV/AIDS Homeopathy Human ...

Additional Links >>

Click here to add your link to our directory >>