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Catherine Pearson

Better Than BMI? Study Promotes Alternate Measure

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine Pearson | Posted 05.12.2012

For all we know about the complex relationship between obesity and health, experts still face a fundamental problem: The tools used to measure body fa...

New Music Seminar: A Conversation With Tom Silverman, Plus Chatting With Marty Stuart and Jesse Winchester

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.09.2012

Mike Ragogna

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Are You Healthy....Really?

Erica Smith | Posted 01.12.2012

The majority of us have developed a love/hate relationship with our scales. Whether traditional or digital, they all seem to deliver rather disappoint...

How To Calculate Your Healthy Weight

Michael Feigin, M.S., C.S.C.S. | Posted 02.25.2012

Michael Feigin, M.S., C.S.C.S.

Truth of the matter is that if you exercise and eat right, the weight will come off. Take a healthy pause, focus your energies on your health and well-being, and your weight will balance out to a nice healthy place.

Open Letter to First Lady Michelle Obama

Darryl Roberts | Posted 01.01.2012

Darryl Roberts

If we could institutionalize your great message of exercise and eating a balanced meal, instead of dieting and focusing on losing weight, millions of people would be empowered to become healthy in a realistic way.

How Restaurants Can Go Broke By Playing Music

Posted 11.12.2011

There's a lot of overlap between restaurant lovers and music lovers, so it's not hard to imagine that, if you open a restaurant, you have a favorite b...

Weight Watchers Works: Study

Posted 11.08.2011

Jennifer Hudson had her share of skeptics when she shed 80 pounds and came out as the spokesperson for Weight Watchers. But a new study on the efficac...

Drunk Airplane Passenger Performs In-Flight Erotic Dance

Posted 10.27.2011

A London-bound bmi flight was forced to return to Moscow Friday after a female passenger started performing a provocative one-woman show. Fifteen ...

David Foster a BMI Icon

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 07.19.2011

Charles Karel Bouley

The BMI Pop Music Awards, while star studded, may not be handing out awards to household names unless you're one of the people that hit the "Get Info" button on the track or are an aspiring singer/songwriter.

More Schools Including Weight, BMI On Report Cards

The Huffington Post | Laura Schocker | Posted 06.19.2011

Forget the familiar A, B and C on your child's report card -- the new letters to look out for could be B, M and I. Sending students home with a "we...

Which Body Type Poses A Bigger Health Risk?

Reuters | By Kate Kelland | Posted 05.25.2011

New research is challenging previous medical notions that "apple-shaped" people with more fat around their waist are at higher risk of heart attacks...

'Anonymous' Attacks Songwriters

Rick Carnes | Posted 05.25.2011

Rick Carnes

The hacker group known as 'Anonymous' launched a denial of service attack on the website of Broadcast Music Inc. It misconstrues the history and service to music culture that BMI has performed over the last 73 years.

Better Than BMI? Scientists Develop New Way To Measure Fat

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

Scientists have developed a new way to measure whether a person is too fat without having people step on the scale. The new measure, called the...

Beauty and the (Media) Beast

Layla Revis | Posted 05.25.2011

Layla Revis

The more we make excuses for 'aspirational' or artificial constructs of beauty, the more we will experience an unbalanced society wrought with neurotic, unsatisfied women.

Sundance Festival: The Marriage of Music and Film

Tamara Conniff | Posted 05.25.2011

Tamara Conniff

I have always been a massive fan of film music. It is truly one of the greatest arts and the ultimate marriage of image and sound. So Sundance was like a wonderland for me.

Why BMI Isn't The Best Measure Of A Healthy Weight

Men's Health | Adam Eaglin | Posted 05.25.2011

The next time you happen to catch a Minnesota Vikings game, take a look at Adrian Peterson, the team's 6'1, 217-pound running back. Now ask yourse...

Colorado: The Short End of the Fat Stick

Todd Hartley | Posted 05.25.2011

Todd Hartley

Colorado was named the least obese state in the country. That makes Colorado the only place in America where less than one out of every five people is a grotesque fat slob. Way to go, gang!

Skinny Fat: 'Today Show' Examines The Health Dangers Of Normal Weight Obesity (VIDEO)

Posted 11.17.2011

There are no 'free passes' when it comes to your health -- even if you're the picture of fitness. The Today Show's Joy Behar explains the dangers to ...

Tequila, Jazz And Show Tunes: How Congress Is Raising Money This Week

Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 05.25.2011

Members of Congress are fighting the holiday blues with a vengeance, at least judging from the flamboyant fundraising events scheduled for this week. ...

BMI Airlines Deletes Israel From Map

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Britain's BMI Airlines are suffering the wrath of Israeli passengers flying into Tel Aviv, due to an apparent glitch whereby Israel is left off of the...

Drive Down Healthcare Costs By Driving Down Obesity

Duncan Quirk | Posted 11.17.2011

Duncan Quirk

While Obama outline ways in which the American people have already made and continue to make sacrifices, he's missed out on the opportunity to ask for a sacrifice of time, energy, and our excess weight.

How To Calculate Your Healthiest Weight

health.com | Posted 11.17.2011

In a recent New Yorker cartoon, a man says to his buddies as he chows down on a steak, "I want a woman who's not afraid to have a few extra pounds--bu...

A "S.A.D." Lifestyle

Dr. Jeffrey McCombs | Posted 11.17.2011

Dr. Jeffrey McCombs

Obama keeps reminding us that we need to prepare ourselves for making sacrifices in order to correct the excesses of the past. This applies as much to our diet as much as it does to the economy.