A status with BODY WEIGHT that is above certain standards. In the scale of BODY MASS INDEX, overweight is defined as having a BMI of 25.0-29.9 kg/m2. Overweight may or may not be due to increases in body fat (ADIPOSE TISSUE), hence overweight does not equal over fat.
    

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'Saxin' : a sweetener for the overweight.

Fatness and the maternal body : women's experiences of corporeality and the shaping of social policy / edited by Maya Unnithan-Kumar and Soraya Tremayne.

Fat gay men : girth, mirth, and the politics of stigma / Jason Whitesel.

The fat lady sings : a psychological exploration of the cultural fat complex and its effects / Cheryl Fuller.

Hunger and obesity : understanding a food insecurity paradigm : workshop summary / Lisa M. Troy, Emily Ann Miller, and Steve Olsen, rapporteurs ; Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

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'Saxin' : a sweetener for the overweight.

Fatness and the maternal body : women's experiences of corporeality and the shaping of social policy / edited by Maya Unnithan-Kumar and Soraya Tremayne.

Fat gay men : girth, mirth, and the politics of stigma / Jason Whitesel.

The fat lady sings : a psychological exploration of the cultural fat complex and its effects / Cheryl Fuller.

Hunger and obesity : understanding a food insecurity paradigm : workshop summary / Lisa M. Troy, Emily Ann Miller, and Steve Olsen, rapporteurs ; Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.