Frankly, being overweight and obese are defined differently, and though of course being overweight is serious, I don’t take it quite as seriously depending on the situation, because they only depend on the weight in comparison to the height. I’ve actually had some friends measured, and when they actually considered body fat percentage, muscle mass, bone mass and density, and other things, it was far different than they may have previously expected. I mean there were some people who would have been overweight in terms of the BMI, and all things considered for their bone mass alone, they were either underweight or a healthy weight. That doesn’t even account for muscle mass in other individuals. For all those reasons, I don’t see overweight as such a big deal depending on the individual. But obese not only takes into account the weight. It also takes into account the total body fat percentages and makeup of the total individual including bone mass, muscle mass, and otherwise. They take into account risk factors and diseases. So frankly, if you are defined as obese, I would be far more worried if I were you than just overweight.

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