Which is the best description of obesity?
A. A person is obese if he or she has an excess amount of body fat.
B. An obese person's weight is above the standard weight range for his or her height.
C. Obesity is when a person has an unusually large amount of muscle mass.
A. A person is obese if he or she has an excess amount of body fat.
The reason for A and not B is because someone with a lot of muscles could weigh more based on their BMI, which doesn't differentiate between the weight from muscles vs. fat
