Indeed, the regulation of body weight overall is determined by the sum of the specific regulatory outcomes affecting individual body components. Because individual body components are inter related, control of body weight seems to occur in the relationships between tissues and organs, rather than within individual components.

The BMI is calculated by dividing a person s body weight in kilograms by the square of his height in meters (kg m2). First named after the Belgian astronomer, mathematician, and statistician Adolphe Quetelet, who demonstrated in 1835 how adult weight normally increases in proportion to height squared, the index provides a measure of body weight, independent of stature, allowing us to compare the weight of short and tall people.

The cab stopped, and I pulled my body from it feeling each ounce of weight as I walked to the elevator.

to divide the 412.5 meters long, 12.9 meters wide, with a total weight of 15,000 tons of continuous beams into 96 sections.

Another more subtle possibility is that they start gaining weight, and it changes your ideas of what an acceptable body size is.

In short, body weight and body fat mass may not scale to height by the same power. This power may vary by population and short and tall subjects with equal BMI scores, from the same population, may have a different body composition.

Do you know, sitting here, your brain is using about 20 percent of your body's energy output for two percent of your body weight?

So the top curve shows the body weight of a genetically obese mouse that eats nonstop until it turns fat, like this furry tennis ball.

I put my left foot on the cable, the weight of my body raised on my right leg anchored to the flank of the building.

The existing treatment requires, as I've said, the heart and lung bypass machine and it requires a total body cooling.

And here, the idea is not that my weight gain is causing your weight gain, nor that I preferentially form a tie with you because you and I share the same body size, but rather that we share a common exposure to something, like a health club that makes us both lose weight at the same time.

This is because body weight is the sum of our organs and body tissues and each organ or body part has its own regulatory (and thus partly genetic) basis. We can understand more about organ and tissue masses, for example, or fatty infiltrations in individual organs like the liver and pancreas, by focusing on the nature of each body component, rather than by relying on an overall body score.

Anthropometric measures, included measuring height, weight, waist and hip measurements, and the recommended weights of the body mass index (BMI) were used to evaluate the condition of people.

As the first independent body devoted to human rights in Egypt, the Council enjoyed total independence in its work, activities and prerogatives.

You now, our brain is two to three percent of the body mass, but actually it uses 25 percent of the total energy we use.

We shall surely attend to you at leisure, you weight and you weight!

We shall surely attend to you at leisure, you weight and you weight!

Was weight gain in one person actually spreading to weight gain in another person?

And that's twice the energy output, weight for weight, than a hummingbird absolutely astonishing.

Add weight masks

I've gained weight.

Although the BMI is an unscientific way to characterize a person s nutritional status, it is nonetheless used as a measure of total body fat mass in medical practice and epidemiological studies, not least because it is easy to calculate and document regularly in personal health records. Typically, doctors use it to categorize patients as underweight (a BMI value below 18.5), normal weight (18.5 25), overweight (25 30), or obese (above 30).

the whole by number and by weight and all the weight was written at that time.

the whole by number and by weight and all the weight was written at that time.

Down with Debt Weight

Have you lost weight?

She has lost weight.

He has gained weight.

Tom has gained weight.

By number and by weight of every one and all the weight was written at that time.

By number and by weight of every one and all the weight was written at that time.

The weight of the ice is such that the entire continent sags below sea level, beneath its weight.

Keep track of your weight

I want to lose weight.

I want to lose weight.

I've lost a little weight.

I've put on weight recently.

How do I gain weight?

You've gained weight, haven't you?

Tom has lost weight recently.

I'm worried about my weight.

I have to lose weight.

You've lost weight, haven't you?

It's a total, total mess.

KIEL Now is the time of year when many people most dread stepping onto the bathroom scale. But, while all of that holiday feasting may have led to greater girth, how should we understand what higher or lower body weight means?