ideal weight
Optimal body mass
Ideal weight is the body weight considered optimal for a person's health, typically calculated from height, frame size, and sometimes age or sex.
The concept appears in medical guidelines, insurance tables, and fitness contexts: The chart says my ideal weight is 160 pounds.
What counts as ideal varies by source and has shifted over time, making it as much a cultural notion as a medical one.
- healthyIn good physical condition
- BMIWeight-to-height ratio
- body mass indexWeight-to-height-squared quotient
- scaleMeasure of relative size
- bathroom scaleDevice measuring body weight
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- weightpound, pounds, kilogram, kilograms, gram
ideal weightoverweight
Exceeding healthy mass
underweight · obese · morbidly obese · obesity · morbid obesity
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