HIV/AIDS, Weight Gain and Body Mass Index (BMI)

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The Basics

Calculate Your Body Mass (Regularly Updated)
An interactive tool.
From National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Body Composition Tests (December 11, 2009)
To read PDF, click here.
From AIDS InfoNet
Ten Tips for Weight Loss
From Mind/Body Medical Institute
BMI -- Body Mass Index: About BMI for Adults (July 27, 2009)
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Nutrition and Weight Maintenance (November 2004)
To read PDF, click here.
From Project Inform

News & Research

Overweight People With HIV See Lower CD4 Gain While on HIV Medications, Study Suggests (November 19, 2009)
An interview with Nancy Crum-Cianflone, M.D., M.P.H.
From The Body
About Two-Thirds of HIV-Positive People in U.S. Overweight, Obese, Study Says (October 4, 2007)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Prevalence and Predictive Value of Overweight in an Urban HIV Care Clinic (April 4, 2001)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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