Monthly Archives: August 2009

Choose a search type from the items below All News Yahoo! NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New findings call into question the idea that being overweight or obese might protect people from developing brittle bones. Ghent University Hospital in Belgium and his colleagues found that fattier men had smaller, thinner bones, while those with more lean mass had larger, denser skeletons. High body mass index (BMI) has been thought to protect both men and women against the bone-thinning disease osteoporosis, while being thin boosts a person's likelihood of fractures due to this condition. After the researchers adjusted for weight, they found that men's bone mass and volume fell steadily as their percentage of fat mass increased, while bone size rose in tandem with lean mass. read more

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State Assembly Speaker, Datuk Juhar Mahiruddin, who is also SBBA President, said the association recently visited Sandakan to survey the area and search for new talents. The association in Sandakan (Sandakan Bodybuilding Association), once approved by the ROS, will operate its training centre at the Sandakan Sports Complex. Juhar said that the initiative of forming an association in Sandakan was inspired by Deputy Chief Minister-cum-Youth and Sports Minister, Datuk Peter Pang En Yin who called on SBBA to spread its wings to develop the sport in Sandakan. The Sandakan protem committee includes its Chairman, Nasar bin Ahmad, Deputy Chairman, Asmara Abdul Rahman, Secretary, Isgau Abdullah and Treasurer, Abdusamah bin Sarabi. read more

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