• A body weight above the healthy range but not obese. Usually defined as a body mass index of 25 to 29.9.
  Harvard Dictionary of Health Terms
  Harvard Medical Publishing, 2011
• A condition in which body mass index falls between 25 and 29.9.
  NCI
  U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
• 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.
  NLM Medical Subject Headings
  U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
• Being too heavy for one's height. Excess body weight can come from fat, muscle, bone, and/or water retention. Being overweight does not always mean being obese.
  NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
• Increased body weight with a body mass index of 25-29.9 kg per square meter.
  Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
  The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2025
• Overweight, Body weight greater than the optimum. If moderate, it is not necessarily obesity, particularly in muscular or large-boned persons, but even small reductions in excess weight can improve health. An increasing proportion (more than one-third by some estimates) of the U.S. population is...
  Encyclopedia Britannica
  Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2025