The amount that a person or animal weighs.
those with a healthy body weight are more likely to have lower blood pressure
the dog shed a third of her body weight under a strict six-month diet and exercise regime
Example sentencesExamples
- The experiments revealed that the neck joints could withstand loads of about 5,000 times the ant's body weight.
- We have identified a role for these cells in the regulation of body weight and the metabolic state, likely by regulating inflammation in adipose tissue.
- To sustain a low body weight means to not eat properly, hardly the type of example to set your daughter.
- Each bear must double its body weight in less than six months to survive another winter.
- In contrast, the men who exercised 60 minutes a day lost less body weight relative to the energy they burned during their workouts.
- NEAT could be a critical component in how we maintain our body weight and/or develop obesity or lose weight.
- Drinking 75% of your body weight in fluid ounces each day seems like a lot.
- It's National Chocolate Week, which means you now have an excuse to eat your body weight in cocoa solids.
- A short period of excess food consumption can have long term effects on your body weight and fat storage even after the initial weight is lost.
- The 32-year-old has a very different outlook to many of her contemporaries who battle to keep their body weight down to a minimum.