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Overfat vs Overweight vs Obese

Deeper than obesity: A majority of people is now overfat

Researchers put forth the notion of overfat, a condition of having sufficient excess body fat to impair health. After review of current data and scientific studies they argue how, in addition to most of those who are overweight and obese, others falling into the overfat category include normal-weight people with characteristic risk factors for chronic and metabolic disease. This is the first effort to globally quantify those who are overfat versus overweight or obese. Ref. Source 5d.

Obese Overweight Overfat

This is very interesting. So much attention is paid to BMI and overfat is overlooked. Someone can look like they are a healthy weight but they can be very unhealthy. We as a society need more emphasis on exercise and diet to maintain a healthy body fat percentage e.