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Weight management means keeping your body weight at a healthy level.

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The terms "overweight" and "obese" are used to describe excess body weight. They do NOT mean the same thing.

Overweight can mean being very heavy in weight but not necessarily having a large amount of body fat. Overweight may mean more muscle, which is due to more lean body tissue. An athletic person can weigh more than is recommended based on desirable body weight calculations, but would not be considered obese because most of the weight is from muscle and not from fat.

Obese refers to a large percentage of body fat, no matter what the actual body weight is. People can be obese and weigh an appropriate amount for their height because a large percentage of their weight is from fat.

Weight management for people who have been overweight involves continued physical activity and monitoring of the amount of food eaten.

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Review Date : 6/8/2003
Reviewed By : David Webner, M.D., Department of Family Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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