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Anorexia Nervosa Learning Center

The term overweight is used to describe an excess amount of total body weight including all tissues (fat, bone, muscle, etc.) and water. Obesity , in contrast, is an excess amount of body fat. An adult woman or man who has a body-fat percentage ex...
Source:Gale Nutrition and Well-Being A to Z
Unintentional weight gain is an increase in body weight that occurs when a person takes in more calories than the body needs or uses.
Source:ADAM
Date:October 18, 2009
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