Chapter 4 - Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89)»Overweight, obesity and other hyperalimentation (E65-E68)»Overweight (E66.3)
E66.3
Overweight
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Overweight270 drugs (86 approved, 184 experimental)
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.