If I were writing about 200 years ago, the title of this column would be Should I worry about my Quetelet Index?. That’s what BMI, the body mass index, was known as when the statistician and sociologist Adolphe Quetelet devised it in the 1830s. But Quetelet never intended the measure as a means of medical… Continue reading Should I worry about my BMI? | Nutrition
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Uyghurs fleeing China worry there are no safe havens
According to Amnesty International, Hasan is at “high risk of being extradited to China where he will face a real risk of arbitrary detention and torture.” He is a victim of what Western governments and activists describe as a vast, global network of surveillance, intimidation and persecution by the Chinese government, one that stretches far… Continue reading Uyghurs fleeing China worry there are no safe havens
Is Ukraine’s counteroffensive failing? Kyiv and its supporters worry about losing control of the narrative
Some U.S. officials privately expressed disappointment that the Ukrainians have appeared to hold back on deploying some of their most well-equipped and trained units, and that they have not necessarily applied the training principles they received. “There is a frustration that they have not used more of the combat power that they have,” one U.S.… Continue reading Is Ukraine’s counteroffensive failing? Kyiv and its supporters worry about losing control of the narrative