ideal body weight
Optimal scale reading
Ideal body weight is a clinical estimate of what a person should weigh based on height, frame size, and sometimes sex—used in medicine for calculating drug dosages and assessing health risks.
The concept is contested; what's "ideal" varies by era, culture, and medical framework.
The dosage is based on ideal body weight, not actual weight.
- BMIWeight-to-height ratio
- scaleMeasure of relative size
- healthyIn good physical condition
- thinSmall in diameter
- slenderThin and graceful
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ideal body weightmorbid obesity
Dangerously excessive body fat
severe obesity · obesity · overweight · underweight · emaciation
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