Hans Diehl and Aileen Ludington
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Why the Debate About the Right Weight?
A person’s weight is a highly individual issue, but here are some guidelines. By definition, obese means being 20 percent or more above one’s ideal weight. A person with an ideal weight of 120 pounds would be obese at 144 pounds or more. Overweight, on the other hand, means being 10–19 percent above one’s ideal …