So Lloyds, for example, attaches a risk weight of 16% on average against its entire book of mortgages.
Only RBS, for reasons that are unclear, uses a much higher risk weight of 27% on its mortgage book.
But Lloyds believes that the probability of these loans going bad is negligible, as I have already mentioned, so its own regulator-approved risk model attaches a risk weight to the loans of 2.2%.
LBBW's chief executive, believes that the provision of liquidity by Landesbanken to their local Sparkassen should be regarded as similar to the activities of a central bank, and thus enjoy a zero risk weight.
Adult weight gain of 22-44 pounds is associated with a 50% greater risk and a weight gain above 45 pounds is associated with an 87% increased risk.
When you run out of points for a day, you have to resort to zero-point foods like carrots, or risk not losing weight.
Disproportionate weight in vehicles would still heighten the risk of fatalities in a crash, but the new improvements lessen risk in vehicles of equal weight, which means that S.U.V.
In the credit-risk area, the weight attached to mortgages looks likely to drop by 30-50%, cutting the minimum capital requirements of banks specialising in home loans.
The overweight women in the study who lost weight post-birth substantially lowered their risk of gestational diabetes compared with those who maintained their weight.
But BMI does have some limitations when it comes to weight and disease risk assessment.
Researchers also investigated how smoking influenced this relationship and how excess weight affected death risk from specific causes.
According to the OECD, for every 15 kilograms of excess weight, the risk of death increases by about 30%.
But obese patients who did not stick to these healthy lifestyle recommendations still had a lower risk of death than normal weight patients who smoked or were inactive.
The researchers found that those who took part in physical activity at least once a week and did not smoke had a lower risk of death whatever their weight.
Older people who lose too much weight increase their risk of falls and fractures, said Greenwood, who studies diet and the brain but was not involved in the current research.
Too much is riding on the bill, Durbin says, to risk it sinking under the added weight of a public option.
It is already well established that smoking leads to reduced birth weight and an increased risk of premature birth.
After stripping out known risk factors such as smoking, diabetes and cholesterol, a pattern between body shape and clot risk emerged, independent of body weight alone.
However, previous research has linked low birth weight to an increased risk of attention deficit disorder, as well as physical conditions such as cardiovascular disease, and diabetes.
However, more than half of those in the obese category were in class 1, and these individuals had no increased risk of dying compared to normal weight individuals.
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Mothers of Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi origin had a high risk of having low birth-weight babies - their babies are on average 300g lighter than those of white mothers.
While the surgeries are successful at helping people lose weight and reduce their risk for hypertension, diabetes and other chronic illnesses -- patients have to carefully weigh the benefits of the procedure with the serious risks, side effects and even death in some cases.
The study excluded twins and triplets as they are known to be at increased risk of premature birth and low birth weight.
In addition, many women do not lose all their baby weight, which increases the risk of obesity and obesity-related complications such as heart disease and diabetes.
While obese people had a higher risk of death -- particularly those whose BMI was 35 or more -- overweight people had a 6% lower risk of death than those of normal weight.
The Forbes Best Buy rankings aim somewhere down the middle: We give equal weight to a measure of risk-adjusted return and to that element of the hurdle that is publicly reported, the expense ratio.
The AHA says that the best way to maintain a healthy weight and to decrease the risk of heart disease is to eat a healthy diet and to limit added sugar to no more than 100 calories a day for women and 150 for men.
Low-birth weight is linked to an increased risk death and disability, and a range of long-term health problems, such as diabetes, heart disease, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and depression.
The best way to minimise risk is to take regular exercise and to lose excess weight.
Bob Tebbutt, vice president of risk management for PFGCanada, said perhaps too much immediate weight is given to the meeting.
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