BMI is a measurement of a person's leanness or corpulence based on their height and weight, and is intended to quantify tissue mass. It is widely used as a general indicator of whether a person has a healthy body weight for their height.

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The default BMI of 16.6 shown on the tool is for a 5'5" person who weighs 100 lbs. Use the switch on top to pick either metric or imperial measurements. Set the height and weight dials to match your own height and weight.

In the same year the five journals most often cited in articles published in The BMJ were The BMJ, The Lancet, The New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of the American Medical Association and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

Find out what your body mass index is by using our handy interactive BMI calculator, or use our height-weight chart to help you stay within the recommended range.

The Principles of Biomedical Ethics by Beauchamp and Childress is a classic in the field of medical ethics. The first edition was published in 1979 and “unleashed” the four principles of respect for autonomy, non-maleficence, beneficence, and justice on the newly emerging field.

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Jun 6, 2013 · “The DSM-5 is an investment into the future of mental health, one that will allow for more precise identification of mental disorders,” claimed APA president Dilip V Jeste, a professor of psychiatry and neuroscience at the University of California, San Diego.