Tuesday, July 29, 2008

DEFINITION OF OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY

Most people believe someone is obese if they look “fat.” This is not true. Health-care professionals and scientists have developed specific definitions for the words overweight and obese.Overweight and obesity are not determined solely by an individual’s weight, but are defined in terms of a person’s weight relative to his or her height. Doctors and researchers use a special set of measurements and mathematical formulas to determine whether a person is overweight or obese.

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