weigh-ins

Pre-match scale checks

Weigh-ins are official measurements of weight before a competition.

Boxers, wrestlers, and MMA fighters must make weight at weigh-ins to qualify for their division: He missed weight at the weigh-ins and had to forfeit.

Weight-loss programs also use weigh-ins to track progress: Weekly weigh-ins keep participants accountable.

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boxing

Combat sport using fists

wrestlingCombat sport requiring holds
MMAHybrid combat sport
scalesPlates or weighing devices

pounds · kilograms · division · official · mandatory · ceremonial · middleweight · featherweight · bantamweight · fighter

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clinic

Outpatient treatment facility

pediatricRelating to child medicine
wellness checkVisit confirming someone's condition
prenatalBefore birth

postpartum · infant · growth chart · BMI · bariatric · nursing home · hospital · patient monitoring · baseline · vital signs

dieting

scale

Measure of relative size

weeklyEvery seven days
trackingMonitoring location over time
progressMovement toward improvement

program · meeting · accountability · motivation · milestone · plateau · maintenance · check-in · measurement · before and after

livestock

cattle

Domesticated bovines kept commercially

auctionCompetitive public sale
marketVenue for trade
feedlotLivestock fattening enclosure

hog · poultry · processing · farm · rancher · agricultural · beef · pork · sheep · animal husbandry

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