Body weight is the total measured mass of a person's body and is widely used, often in relation to height through indices such as body mass index, as an indicator of nutritional status and overall health. It reflects the balance between energy intake from food and energy expended through metabolism and physical acti…
Body weight is the total measured mass of a person's body and is widely used, often in relation to height through indices such as body mass index, as an indicator of nutritional status and overall health. It reflects the balance between energy intake from food and energy expended through metabolism and physical activity, and it is influenced by diet, lifestyle, genetics, hormonal and metabolic factors, and disease. Maintaining a healthy body weight is associated with a lower risk of chronic conditions, while both excess weight and underweight can carry health consequences, making weight a central concern in nutrition and preventive medicine. This page draws on the journal's peer-reviewed, open-access nutrition research that bears directly on body weight and dietary management, including a study of a hypocaloric Mediterranean diet in overweight patients and the factors predictive of completion, an examination of dietary regimens for the reversal of obesity, and a school-based pilot study of breakfast cereal and nutrition education on body mass index and diet quality in children. Together these works illustrate how dietary patterns and interventions influence body weight and its associated health outcomes, situating the topic within the broader study of nutrition and its role in health and disease prevention.
12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.
The 12 articles above have been cited 23 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.
A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Body Weight, linking to each citing work.