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- noun The
weight ormass of anorganism .
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Examples
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It appears that once a higher bodyweight is maintained this threshold is changed to a higher level, perhaps because higher leptin levels result in structural changes in hypothalamic excitory synapses.
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Think of how a person's heart rate stabilizes around a certain beat pattern, or how one's blood pressure seeks a particular level, or how bodyweight seems to have a specific set point.
Peter T. Coleman, PhD: The Mathematics of Middle East Conflict and Peace PhD Peter T. Coleman 2011
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When you learn that it means a child has a bodyweight 30 percent or more below the norm for their age and height -- I can't bear to think of my daughter at a rail-thin 35 pounds -- it becomes a lot more personal.
Carolyn S. Miles: What if Your Child Was Hungry in Africa? Carolyn S. Miles 2011
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When you learn that it means a child has a bodyweight 30 percent or more below the norm for their age and height -- I can't bear to think of my daughter at a rail-thin 35 pounds -- it becomes a lot more personal.
Carolyn S. Miles: What if Your Child Was Hungry in Africa? Carolyn S. Miles 2011
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When you learn that it means a child has a bodyweight 30 percent or more below the norm for their age and height -- I can't bear to think of my daughter at a rail-thin 35 pounds -- it becomes a lot more personal.
Carolyn S. Miles: What if Your Child Was Hungry in Africa? Carolyn S. Miles 2011
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So I replaced it between ear and shoulder, squeezed it harder, and contorted so that most of my bodyweight was pressing my eyes down into my hands.
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Losing weight and reducing % bodyweight fat reduces the incidence of diabetes and all of its associated pathology and necessary treatment, decreasing medical outlays.
Reality and Health Care Spending, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Think of how a person's heart rate stabilizes around a certain beat pattern, or how one's blood pressure seeks a particular level, or how bodyweight seems to have a specific set point.
Peter T. Coleman, PhD: The Mathematics of Middle East Conflict and Peace PhD Peter T. Coleman 2011
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And if I can lose some weight, all the better for the bodyweight stuff.
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When you learn that it means a child has a bodyweight 30 percent or more below the norm for their age and height -- I can't bear to think of my daughter at a rail-thin 35 pounds -- it becomes a lot more personal.
Carolyn S. Miles: What if Your Child Was Hungry in Africa? Carolyn S. Miles 2011
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