Body Weight Concern Due to Environmental and Lifestyle Factors

This is the most common cause, involving an imbalance between energy intake and energy expenditure driven by diet, physical activity levels, and social determinants of health. Confirmation is achieved by tracking daily caloric intake against expenditure and calculating BMI; a BMI of 25.0 to 29.9 is categorized as overweight, while 30.0 or higher is categorized as obese, when correlated with physical activity and dietary logs.

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