Overweight or Obese?

There is a fine line between healthy and overweight and there is even a finer line between overweight and obese. How do you know which category you fall under? What is the difference between being overweight and obesity?

Both the terms overweight and obesity have the same general meaning- an excess amount of weight. One specific difference is being overweight is excess weight for your build, height, or age- which doesn't necissarily mean there is excess fat, where obesity is the measurement of excess fat and the severity of your condition is determined by how much excess fat you have.

Another big difference is the fact that being obese comes with health risks that being overweight may not have. Things such as clogged arteries, problems breathing, diabetes, high blood pressure, chronic heart disease and much more are side effects of being obese.

The way one is able to tell if they are just overweight or obese is by measuring your BMI or Body Mass Index. The way this is calculated is by taking your body weight and dividing it by your height squared. Check out the BMI calculator I have on my side bar ---------------------------------------->>>>

So once you calculate your BMI what do the numbers mean? Look at the charts below to see where you fall and where maybe you should be.