ideal body weight


i·deal body weight (IBW),

a weight that is believed to be maximally healthful for a person, based chiefly on height but modified by factors such as gender, age, build, and degree of muscular development.

ideal body weight

A person's optimum weight, defined by the Metropolitan Life Tables, see there.

i·deal bod·y weight

(IBW) (ī-dēl bodē wāt) Weight believed to be maximally healthful for a person, based chiefly on height but modified by factors such as gender, age, build, and degree of muscular development.