The phrase "affects weight" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing how certain factors or conditions influence or change weight, such as in health, fitness, or scientific contexts.
Example: "The amount of sleep you get each night significantly affects weight, as it can influence your metabolism and appetite."
Alternatives: "influences weight" or "impacts weight".
Both Drs. Wright and Brady noted that because their studies lasted only days, it was not clear how long-term sleep deprivation affects weight, and whether the body adjusts to less sleep.
As they report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, they examined how nocturnal light affects weight, body fat and glucose intolerance (the underlying cause of late-onset diabetes) in male mice.
The hope is that in the long term, understanding how this gene affects weight gain might lead to treatments for obesity that alter the rate at which calories are burned.
In the present work, it is found that relaxed residual stress field varies with shot peening intensity and affects weight of EN 45A spring steel leaf springs.
Aim: To examine whether alcohol exposure in pregnancy affects weight and head circumference (HC) at birth and 5 years, and whether these effects are independent of cigarette exposure in pregnancy and social disadvantage.
The exact mechanism in which sleep affects weight is unclear.
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative joint disease that commonly affects weight-bearing joints and is characterized by articular cartilage degradation.
The disorder commonly affects weight-bearing joints and results in pain and loss of function [ 2].
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic, progressive disease that particularly affects weight-bearing joints such as hips and knees.
The next step was to determine how food prices and income affect weight.
Others, like leptin, affect weight, but only after a very long time, he said.
