normal weight
Standard body mass
Normal weight describes a body mass considered healthy or typical for a person's height, usually defined by a body mass index (BMI) between 18.5 and 24.9.
The term appears frequently in medical contexts: Her doctor said she was in the normal weight range.
Outside clinical settings, it contrasts with underweight and overweight.
- healthyIn good physical condition
- averageArithmetic mean or ordinary
- balancedIn a state of equilibrium
- BMIWeight-to-height ratio
- body mass indexWeight-to-height-squared quotient
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normal weightobese
Extremely overweight, unhealthily so
underweight · overweight · morbidly obese · emaciated · anorexic
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