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This is an odd sort of a page, but I think we need it. It isn't exactly a disambig. page - it's somewhere to link from pages that want to mention body weight without having to list all its ramifications. I put it up because I needed it for AMPK, and I can think of a lot of other pages that might need it. seglea 18:27, 19 Mar 2004 (UTC)

When I reverted the blanking, I also reverted a VfD notice which did not link to a VfD page. Gene Nygaard 14:37, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

If body weight or body mass regards other living organisms then of course "Human" perception of mass or weight does not comply. For example when discussing about increments in body mass of a clam or oyster, some distinctions must be made when the mass regards flesh only; (unshelled) or total body mass. Example in (FAO) data publications. Thus I recommend not merging but enabling a sub category or another case for living mass or weight determination.

combining human weight and body weight[edit]

Combined these two pages human weight and body weight as they said the exact same thing.--Doc James (talk) 14:16, 5 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Averages[edit]

As much as I like this page-in-the-making, I think the Averages section would benefit from data from a few more countries, as from a statistical point of view this isn't really a representative sample. I'm glad there's something there, though, I'd just say "it's a start". —Preceding unsigned comment added by Prem-aka-Prince (talk • contribs) 19:09, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

An average for a regular "person" should be given, given that 75 is for female and 85 for male (the US being slightly heavy btw), I guess 75 per person is the average ? please include

It is to determine the average people loads for vehicles —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.66.49.3 (talk) 07:54, 30 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

An idea of the spread as well as the average would be more useful too. E.g. are most people closely clustered around these weights or do they vary a lot? Richard001 (talk) 23:27, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The averages for the USA are ridiculously incorrect. The medically estimated weight for an average adult male is 75kg(165 lbs.) I would hazard to guess that someone that has some sort of pro-obesity agenda may have tinkered with these values. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.69.117.95 (talk) 19:53, 6 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

And sometimes Canada.[edit]

I got rid of And sometimes canada and just put canada. No one in canada states there weight in metric measurements. or heights for that matter

24.224.219.234 (talk) 07:39, 18 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have any citation for the above fact? It seems a pretty broad statement to say "No One in Canada" when this is obviously incorrect. I live in the US and weigh myself in kilograms, this would make a similar statement for the US False. I've also spent a lot of time in various "Commonwealth of Nations countries and from recollection all people I've come across use kilograms even in general conversation, with the odd person expressing weight in pounds but never Stones which seem to exist in the UK only. Metricmike (talk) 21:49, 17 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Estimation in children[edit]

I think there should be a small explanation added as to why their weight is estimated. When I first read this article the first thing that came to mind was "Why estimate their weight at all? Just put them on some scales." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.45.234.97 (talk) 04:34, 20 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Good point. I think one reason is to use appropriate drug dosages (etc.) in emergency medicine when seconds count. There may be other reasons. DKEdwards (talk) 04:33, 17 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Also, if it could be useful, I found another publicly-readable source with some of the estimation formulas: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6312489/ DKEdwards (talk) 04:33, 17 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'm confuzzled[edit]

This article is a start, but someone marked it as a stub. Will I remove the stub taag?--The Master of Mayhem 16:47, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Graham87 05:27, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Precision[edit]

I have added one decimal place to the lbs column as the ratio of 0.1 kg to 0.1 lb is less than the ratio of 1 lb to 0.1 kg. Martinvl (talk) 10:31, 27 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Statistic data[edit]

So there's a PDF linked named here as: United States National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2009-2010 - it's supposed to be about rage range of 20–74. But if you actually open the document you can see: Mean Body Weight, Height, and Body Mass Index, United States 1960–2002 62.152.131.187 (talk) 15:14, 17 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I could not find any source for those figures, nor the document it was supposed to be taken from, so I have switched the reference to a new source. Cool Hand Luke 16:27, 25 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Scales[edit]

This article has no mention of scales as of May 2013. — C M B J 01:04, 26 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Population data[edit]

There is no population information, either, as of May 2013. See here for a starting point. — C M B J 01:10, 26 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Devine Formula[edit]

This article only shows the Devine Formula but there are more formulas to calculate the ideal weight here.--Kizar (talk) 15:43, 13 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Had a look and then merged the wikipedia article on Hamwi method back into this article. I think the article does need some more proper referencing, but the Devine Formula seems to be the most populat. - Master Of Ninja (talk) 08:45, 14 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Weight and force[edit]

Inform the readers that referring to weight as kilograms is the old, layman's metric system and not the modern SI metric system. In the modern SI metric system, your weight is equal to (mass) x (gravity) and those units do NOT equal kilograms!!! If you say something weighs, say, 10 kilograms, then its mass = (weight)/(gravity) != same number as the weight. So how can kilograms be a unit of your weight ( a force!!)?

What is meant is kilograms-force is the unit of weight. Engineers and Physicists cringe when they hear kilograms as weight. It does not work in calculations for, say, computing reaction forces and what not. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.76.32.49 (talk) 16:11, 8 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Expand the article to explain "How many calories is needed to maintain body weight", and "How many excess calories is needed to gain 1 kg of body weights".[edit]

Golopotw (talk) 03:59, 19 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Intro paragraph[edit]

I take issue with the current introductory paragraph on the English version of this page. See:

"Human body weight refers to a person's mass or weight. Body weight is measured in kilograms, a measure of mass, throughout the world in countries that use the Metric system, 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."

I don't believe this article should start with a discussion of units of measurement. It is common knowledge that many localities use different units of measurement-- I don't see how that elucidates the topic at hand. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:547:1300:C790:B9CE:BD14:8DD:C719 (talk) 05:17, 16 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Can someone add in the stats for Japan and Singapore? where can we get All Country Data?[edit]

Can someone add in the stats for Japan and Singapore? where can we get All Country Data? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:8801:FF08:0:846:27E1:B0CA:9B4C (talk) 18:42, 6 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]