HIV/AIDS, Weight Gain and Body Mass Index (BMI)
The Basics
News & Research
- Obesity Affects Almost One Quarter of HIV-Positive U.S. People in Care in CDC Analysis (March 12, 2013)
From National AIDS Treatment Advocacy Project
- Depression and Wider Waist Linked to Sleeping Problem in People With HIV (August 2012)
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In HIV Treatment ALERTS!, from The Center for AIDS
On TheBodyPRO.com
- The Effect of BMI on Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability of Lopinavir/r in Women (January/February 2012)
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In HIV Treatment Bulletin, from HIV i-Base
 In This Corner, the Scale: A Blog Entry by Rev. Andrena Ingram (January 23, 2012)
"Most women have some ongoing love/hate relationship with their scales. Add HIV or AIDS to the equation, and you get a whole 'nutha dynamic. I have been talking and writing off and on about my struggle with my weight. And I must say again, that it is not really MY struggle, but other people's struggle with where THEY think I should be as far as weight goes."
From TheBody.com
- 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.
In HIV News & Views, from TheBody.com
- 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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