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Body Mass Index: New Research
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This digital document is an article from Pediatric News, published by International Medical News Group on September 1, 2003. The length of the article is 591 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: AAP weighs in on preventing childhood obesity: calculate and plot BMI yearly.(Clinical Rounds)(American Academy of Pediatrics)(body mass index )
Author: Kerri Wachter
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Pediatric News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2003
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 37
Issue: 9
Page: 42(1)
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This digital document is an article from Family Practice News, published by Thomson Gale on April 15, 2006. The length of the article is 513 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: BMI, glucose tied to hematopoietic death.(Metabolic Disorders)(High body mass index)
Author: Jeff Evans
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Family Practice News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 15, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 36
Issue: 8
Page: 23(1)
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This digital document is an article from Family Practice News, published by Thomson Gale on January 1, 2007. The length of the article is 821 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: Focus on borderline overweight cases to have most impact.(Obesity)
Author: Heidi Splete
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Family Practice News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 37
Issue: 1
Page: 35(1)
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This digital document is an article from Family Practice News, published by International Medical News Group on October 1, 2004. The length of the article is 643 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: Inactivity better than BMI at flagging heart risk.(Cardiovascular Medicine)(Body mass index)
Author: Heidi Splete
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Family Practice News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2004
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 34
Issue: 19
Page: 22(1)
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This digital document is an article from Internal Medicine News, published by International Medical News Group on October 1, 2004. The length of the article is 647 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: Inactivity carries greater risk than high BMI.(Cardiovascular Medicine)(body mass index )(Brief Article)
Author: Heidi Splete
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Internal Medicine News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2004
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 37
Issue: 19
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Mom's obesity dims child's weight-loss hopes.(Clinical Rounds): An article from: Pediatric News
Damian McNamara
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This digital document is an article from Pediatric News, published by Thomson Gale on January 1, 2007. The length of the article is 631 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: Mom's obesity dims child's weight-loss hopes.(Clinical Rounds)
Author: Damian McNamara
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Pediatric News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2007
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Volume: 41
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This digital document is an article from Pediatric News, published by International Medical News Group on March 1, 2005. The length of the article is 532 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: Non-BMI assessments Miss overweight kids.(News)(body mass index )
Author: Jeff Evans
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Pediatric News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 2005
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 39
Issue: 3
Page: 5(1)
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This digital document is an article from Family Practice News, published by International Medical News Group on June 1, 2000. The length of the article is 555 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: Tailor Maternal Weight Gain to Prepregnancy BMI.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Author: Kate Johnson
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Family Practice News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 1, 2000
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 30
Issue: 11
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Article Type: Brief Article, Statistical Data Included
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This digital document is an article from Family Practice News, published by International Medical News Group on June 15, 2004. The length of the article is 1040 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: Teenagers outpace parents in body mass index growth rates; results of comparison study.(Children's Health)(Brief Article)
Author: Robert Finn
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Date: June 15, 2004
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Volume: 34
Issue: 12
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The Chemistry of Everything addresses the “need-to-know” basics of chemistry required to grasp everyday science issues. Through innovative themes and creative applications, it provides an engaging introduction to chemistry for nonscience majors.
Mixes basic chemical principles from physical, inorganic, organic, analytical, and biological specializations to support thematic coverage of topics such as diamonds, groceries, and drugs. Extends readers’ vocabulary and knowledge of the scientific issues encountered in daily life. Addresses issues of ethics and responsible use in contemporary science. Captures the current fascination with forensics through “Chemistry at the Crime Scene” boxed sections.
For those interested in basic chemistry.
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The New Everyday Science Explained updates Curt Suplee's coffee table classic with 21st-century answers to many of the most common science questions, and quite a few uncommon ones. Why is the sky blue? How can we get rid of body fat? Why do we get sunburned? Is light a wave or a particle? Organized around general principles such as "Matter and Motion" and "The Chemistry of Life," this is an ideal family reference book, genuinely appropriate for both adults and children. And because it's from National Geographic, it's full of amazing photographs--a tightrope walker, red blood cells killed by malaria protozoans, a monstrous traffic jam--chosen to help explain scientific fundamentals. Within each larger chapter are 15 or more two-page spreads focused on a single idea. With just two to four paragraphs per topic, Suplee manages to clearly communicate the facts in a chunk that's easily digestible, even for science-phobes. For parents who want to be able to help with the homework, students who need a quick reference, and browsers who love National Geographic-caliber knowledge and photos, The New Everyday Science Explained is a delight. --Therese Littleton
Customer Reviews:
Too Much Gloss.......2006-02-01
Just too much gloss and not enough information. Where's the Beef?
Great Overview of Many Science Topics.......2004-11-10
Curt Suplee attempts to explain science in short excerpts beginning with the first section, Matter and Motion, through the fourth section focusing on The Chemistry of Life, which ends in a brief description of how and why we dream and how we age.
Obviously the fields of science are far too broad to have any depth of explanation in a book this short. However, as an introduction to the numerous fields of science this book is an outstanding beginning. This book would be most valuable for the aspiring young scientist in late elementary school through middle school. A child may review each of the fields covered in this book, which encompasses physics, chemistry, engineering, biology, chemistry, and medicine, and determine whether science truly is for them, and, if so, which field of science.
Even adult readers will find this book to be a great refresher for many of the topics covered in classes long gone. Suplee manages to explain a facet of each of the topics he covers enough to provide a basic background, and yet does so in a way that does not talk down to readers.
Since this book is a National Geographic book, you know that it will be filled with incredible photography to match each of the subjects. There are pictures of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge that collapsed in 1940, shown in such a way that it captures what happened in just two photographs. There are photographs of Mars and the stars, and even a rusty car. Photographs of cells and the brain are also provided. Even an excellent explanation of the bad effects of poor nutrition and what happens when you eat too much fat.
This book is a good general science book that could help provide the start of a research project. Others may use it as a coffee table book, particularly in the hardcover edition with the dust jacket on it. A casual guest will be impressed with your scientific interests and your appreciation of good books.
A great survey of science ........2004-11-05
Curt Suplee really opened my eyes to the chemical and physical science I encounter everyday. The book is full of beautiful photographs and simple and amusing illustrations in addition to Mr. Suplee's excellent prose.
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Radon Industry Directory Everything You Need to Know
Larry Siegelman
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From primordial nothingness to this very moment, A Short History of Nearly Everything reports what happened and how humans figured it out. To accomplish this daunting literary task, Bill Bryson uses hundreds of sources, from popular science books to interviews with luminaries in various fields. His aim is to help people like him, who rejected stale school textbooks and dry explanations, to appreciate how we have used science to understand the smallest particles and the unimaginably vast expanses of space. With his distinctive prose style and wit, Bryson succeeds admirably. Though A Short History clocks in at a daunting 500-plus pages and covers the same material as every science book before it, it reads something like a particularly detailed novel (albeit without a plot). Each longish chapter is devoted to a topic like the age of our planet or how cells work, and these chapters are grouped into larger sections such as "The Size of the Earth" and "Life Itself." Bryson chats with experts like Richard Fortey (author of Life and Trilobite) and these interviews are charming. But it's when Bryson dives into some of science's best and most embarrassing fights--Cope vs. Marsh, Conway Morris vs. Gould--that he finds literary gold. --Therese Littleton
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One of the world’s most beloved and bestselling writers takes his ultimate journey -- into the most intriguing and intractable questions that science seeks to answer.
In
A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson trekked the Appalachian Trail -- well, most of it. In
In A Sunburned Country, he confronted some of the most lethal wildlife Australia has to offer. Now, in his biggest book, he confronts his greatest challenge: to understand -- and, if possible, answer -- the oldest, biggest questions we have posed about the universe and ourselves. Taking as territory everything from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization, Bryson seeks to understand how we got from there being nothing at all to there being us. To that end, he has attached himself to a host of the world’s most advanced (and often obsessed) archaeologists, anthropologists, and mathematicians, travelling to their offices, laboratories, and field camps. He has read (or tried to read) their books, pestered them with questions, apprenticed himself to their powerful minds.
A Short History of Nearly Everything is the record of this quest, and it is a sometimes profound, sometimes funny, and always supremely clear and entertaining adventure in the realms of human knowledge, as only Bill Bryson can render it. Science has never been more involving or entertaining.
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Bill Bryson is one of the world's most beloved and bestselling writers. In A Short History of Nearly Everything, he takes his ultimate journey—into the most intriguing and consequential questions that science seeks to answer. It's a dazzling quest, the intellectual odyssey of a lifetime, as this insatiably curious writer attempts to understand everything that has transpired from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization. Or, as the author puts it, "...how we went from there being nothing at all to there being something, and then how a little of that something turned into us, and also what happened in between and since." This is, in short, a tall order.
To that end, Bill Bryson apprenticed himself to a host of the world's most profound scientific minds, living and dead. His challenge is to take subjects like geology, chemistry, paleontology, astronomy, and particle physics and see if there isn't some way to render them comprehensible to people, like himself, made bored (or scared) stiff of science by school. His interest is not simply to discover what we know but to find out how we know it. How do we know what is in the center of the earth, thousands of miles beneath the surface? How can we know the extent and the composition of the universe, or what a black hole is? How can we know where the continents were 600 million years ago? How did anyone ever figure these things out?
On his travels through space and time, Bill Bryson encounters a splendid gallery of the most fascinating, eccentric, competitive, and foolish personalities ever to ask a hard question. In their company, he undertakes a sometimes profound, sometimes funny, and always supremely clear and entertaining adventure in the realms of human knowledge, as only this superb writer can render it. Science has never been more involving, and the world we inhabit has never been fuller of wonder and delight.
“Stylish [and] stunningly accurate prose. We learn what the material world is like from the smallest quark to the largest galaxy and at all the levels in between... brims with strange and amazing facts... destined to become a modern classic of science writing.”
THE NEW YORK TIMES
“Bryson has made a career writing hilarious travelogues, and in many ways his latest is more of the same, except that this time Bryson hikes through the world of science.”
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“Bryson is surprisingly precise, brilliantly eccentric and nicely eloquent... a gifted storyteller has dared to retell the world’s biggest story.”
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“Hefty, highly researched and eminently readable.”
SIMON WINCHESTER, THE GLOBE AND MAIL
“All non-scientists (and probably many specialized scientists, too) can learn a great deal from his lucid and amiable explanations.”
NATIONAL POST
"Bryson is a terrific stylist. You can’t help but enjoy his writing, for its cheer and buoyancy, and for the frequent demonstration of his peculiar, engaging turn of mind.”
OTTAWA CITIZEN
“Wonderfully readable. It is, in the best sense, learned.”
WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
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Essential.......2007-10-09
Easily one of the most important books I have ever read.Bryson's wonderful writing and style allow you to enjoy learning fascinating and complex information. Beautifully written and crammed full of priceless information.
Cant wait to read it again.......2007-10-09
The most gripping and enthralling book I have read this decade. My girlfriend has a similar view.
Stick with the first couple of chapters which can be a little heavy going, and then after that, you cannot put it down.
A great way to learn - from an fairly objective point of view - so many important topics. Also gets you thinking for yourself. Some of the stuff is just damned amazing to read about, though you might never have thought so - like the Volcano under Yosemite, the evolution of humans, the secret lives of microbial lifeforms.
Superbly well written in a friendly, entertaining style. Like a one of your more interesting friends regaling stories over dinner. Complete with tidbits of gossip about the main characters.
Read it!
Great book, learn what to learn.......2007-10-05
The information in the text is correct information, bryson's opinions sometimes don't correlate correcly with the topic he is addressing however. This is an exellent book for exploring topics. I found many things within here that peak my intrest that I would not have run into in my other daily adventures. This book led up to what is a wonderful introduction to a physics class I attended. I am sure this text would lend to be a entertaining read while still being a useful introduction to any field. As a laymens book it introduces enough information to know if the current topic is something you would be intrested in, while not being so long that it drones on any particular subject.
evolution of scientific thought and knowledge.......2007-10-04
This book is full of well known and obscure scientific discoveries and something that surprised me was the bickering and infighting within the scientific community over the centuries.
The subject matter is handled with wit and easily understood. Science is not my usual reading fare and I somehow got through it.
The place of Homo sapiens in the world was somewhat humbling and their wanton destruction of species a bit unsettling. I recommend this book.
One of the most profound books I've ever read!.......2007-10-04
First I want to bash the reviewer who said "Good Reading, but..." You say he's not a well informed writer of science but you FAIL to point out anything incorrect in his book. Maybe it's the other way around. Maybe the truth about life and the universe is so incredible and unimaginable that you're in denial about it. Either way, Bill Bryson is dead on in this book. It's accurate all right but the real gold in this book is what he chooses to include in it. Bill explains the extreme details of every facet of science to allow you to create your own "big picture" of life and our surroundings.. Plus, he puts you in the shoes of the geniuses who dedicated their lives to these exciting discoveries. I actually quit smoking after reading this book because I've become present to what it took for me to even be alive. The truth is beyond imagination!
Todd
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Chemical Bonding : 100 Kinds of Atoms Make Everything (As Dreamed by Itsy, No 5) (As Dreamed By Itsy)
Ima Kook
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Itsy finds a pirate chest full of balls marked with letters. She finds that some balls bond when touched together. The pirate returns. He explains the sticking by analogy to Lego pieces. Itsy puts simple molecules like HOH and OCO together, then discovers organic chains. She touches her tongue to a sugar molecule and the sweetness wakes her. Her mother tells her the balls were really atoms, that a hundred kinds of atoms make everything in the universe, and explain the molecules in her dream.
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Any Kid Can Understand This.......2000-03-27
I've read all eight books in the "As Dreamed by Itsy" series to my 5 and 7 year olds. They're wonderful, all eight of them, so when you look at the others, you'll find this same review for all eight.
My kids loved them and wanted to hear them over an over. I noticed that with each reading, they comprehended a little more about the story. Even the first reading they loved and picked up a lot of information from, but they were so interested in the story to pay much attention to the concepts. After all, they didn't view the story as a lesson in science. On later readings they showed a great deal of interest and even awe at that the world really operates in such ways.
And me - I'm not a scientist, am even afraid of science, but this was easy. I picked up more from these stories than I learned in high school. Of course the kids asked questions I couldn't answer (but not too many), but they ask such questions every time we go to the park or the supermarket. I just passed off their questions in the usual way. Now when I someone says something about the Big Bang Theory, molecules or such, I feel well enough informed that I no longer quickly change the subject.
I recommend the books and hope the publisher adds more titles soon.
Good Pictures, Great Story.......2000-03-26
This is the second "As Dreamed by Itsy" book for us. One of the neat things was the pictures Showing Itsy and the pirate doing things like sticking molecules together.
The story really came through well to my six year old daughter. She now knows that only a limited number of atoms can make so many different things. She likes cooking and using the example of a few ingredients letting a cook make so many different dishes really came through to her.
I'm sure she doesn't fully understand all she has learned about chemicals yet, but she has the foundation. I expect she'll use this foundation to build her knowledge as time goes by.
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- DNA and RNA Binders, From Small Molecules to Drugs (2-Volume Set)
- DNA Repair And Mutagenesis
- Dr. Mary's Monkey: How the Unsolved Murder of a Doctor, a Secret Laboratory in New Orleans and Cancer-Causing Monkey Viruses are Linked to Lee Harvey Oswald, ... Assassination and Emerging Global Epidemics
- Dynamic Patterns: The Self-Organization of Brain and Behavior (Complex Adaptive Systems)
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