What is the difference between overweight and obesity?
Both Overweight and Obesity imply a condition of excess weight in a human being.
The term Overweight is generally used to indicate the excess weight while Obesity refers to excess fat. Being overweight means having more body weight than is considered normal or healthy for one’s age or build. On the other hand, Obesity is the condition of being obese, i.e., excess amount of body fat. While an overweight person will carry excess weight, he may or may not have excess accumulation of fat.
| Obesity | Overweight |
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| What is it? | A bodily condition marked by excessive generalized deposition and storage of fat. | A condition where the person weighs more than what is considered normal for that height, age and sex. |
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