Tim Robberts via Getty Images ICYMI, determining someone’s health by checking their body mass index is … well, not it. “Both use body shape and weight to make big guesses about someone’s health status and disease risk, without looking at any other markers of health, metabolic syndrome or other diseases.” She believes health care providers still use BMI for two …
Prior to the announcement of the Karnataka election dates, there was little reason to believe that the Congress would secure a massive mandate. The Congress spelled out this ideological map with certain ‘guarantees’ that did not bear any caste or identity markers: monetary support to women-headed households, unemployment doles to educated unemployed, a certain quantity of foodgrains to poor households, …
