Human body weight

measure of relative weight based on an individual's mass and height

Being overweight is having more body fat than is considered healthy. The World Health Organization (WHO) classifies people as overweight when their body mass index (BMI)—a person's weight divided by the square of the person's height—is between ; BMIs above are defined as obese. Being overweight is especially common where food supplies are plentiful and lifestyles are sedentary.

person's mass or weight

Underweight is a term describing a person whose body weight is considered too low to be healthy. The definition usually refers to people with a body mass index (BMI) of under 18.5 or a weight 15% to 20% below that normal for their age and height group. While obesity is a major public health concern in many developed nations, being underweight can also carry significant health risks and is a primary cause of mortality in developing countries.

weight of an organism at birth

increase in a person's total body mass

liveborn infant with birth weight of less than 2.5 kilograms

strength-training exercise to provide resistance against gravity

component of body composition

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thumb|A tula-dana balance at the Ettumanoor Mahadevar Temple in Kerala, India thumb|A tulabhara donation of bananas in progress at the Chottanikkara Temple in Kerala Tulabhara, also known as Tula-purusha (IAST: Tulāpuruṣa) or Tula-dana, is an ancient Hindu practice in which a person is weighed against a commodity (such as gold, grain, fruits or other objects), and the equivalent weight of that commodity is offered as donation. The Tulabhara is mentioned as one of the sixteen great gifts in the ancient texts, and is performed in several parts of India.

practice of fast weight loss prior to a sporting competition

measure of leanness (corpulence) of a person calculated as a relationship between mass and height