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.
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ideal body weight

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