Current clinical guidelines and public health statements generically prescribe body mass index (BMI; kg m –2) categories regardless of the individual's situation (age, risk for diseases, and so on).

Consider the paradox of the end: we set ourselves a goal and make great efforts to achieve it. Doing so is often strenuous, but gives life direction, purpose and meaning. We see the goal as valuable, ...

A number of theorists hold that literal, linguistic meaning is determined by the cognitive mechanism that underpins semantie competence. Borg and Larson and Segal defend a version of the view on which ...

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It can be a challenge for police officers and other first responders to feel gratitude on a holiday like Thanksgiving. Here ...

Our critic A.O. Scott marvels at the power and paradox of a sonnet by Gwendolyn Brooks. Isabella Cotier By A.O. Scott Here’s a poem about patience, about self-control, about the need to conserve your ...