BODYWEIGHT
Body weight
The term body weight is used colloquially and in the biological and medical sciences to refer to a person's mass or weight. Body weight is measured in kilograms, a measure of mass, throughout the world, although in some countries such as the United States it is measured in pounds, or as in the United Kingdom, stones and pounds. Most hospitals, even in the United States, now use kilograms for calculations, but use kilograms and pounds together for other purposes. Strictly speaking, the body weight is the weight of the person without any items on, but practically body weight is taken with clothes on but often without the shoes and heavy accessories like mobile ...The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Body weight
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bodyweight
Noun
- The weight or mass of an organism.
- A form of physical exercise that employs a person's own weight as resistance to movement
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