The force exerted by a gravitational field on a body, such as the gravity of Earth, is called the weight of the body. The weight of a body is equal to the product of its mass m and the acceleration due to gravity g, (w = mg). Weight should not be...

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First weigh, then venture. (German) Give ear and weigh the matter well. (Roman) Good weight and measure is Heaven’s treasure. (English) Great weights may hang on thin wires. (Dutch) Little posts cannot support heavy weights. (Chinese) Man must be...

An amount by which the values of an economic variable are multiplied so that the relative significance of each variable in an index, particularly a price index, is taken into account. See also: Laspeyres index; Paasche...

In the physical sciences, weight is a measurement of the gravitational force acting on an object.[1] Near the surface of the Earth, the acceleration due to gravity is approximately constant; this means that an object's weight is roughly proportional to...

More health statistics to make us sick. Middle-aged women who have put on 22 pounds or more since they were 18 years old are in trouble, reports the Sept. 14 New England Journal of Medicine. Fat kills -- even a relatively small blob of...

Brian Giuffra, Andrew Gross and Greg Schutta The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 12-30-2007 By the weights Brian Giuffra, Andrew Gross and Greg Schutta Date: 12-30-2007, Sunday Section: SPORTS Edtion: All Editions Column: BY THE WEIGHTS 103 Top-seeded Dave Della Torre...

Do you ever wonder why your friend seemed to drop weight in a few weeks on a fad diet, but you are not seeing results as you begin making healthy lifestyle changes? Does this mean that healthy lifestyle changes don't work? There is a misconception...

Obese women who gained little or no weight during pregnancy _ and even some who lost weight _ had favorable outcomes, St. Louis researchers have found. They were at lower risk for developing high blood pressure and delivering by cesarean section and more likely to...