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by imadethis 799 days ago
Yeah that's probably based on the BMI definition. Overweight is a BMI > 25, and obese is > 30. So yes, nearly the entire cohort was overweight by definition. BMI is a population measure and normal, healthy people can definitely fall into the overweight category. But it's still useful, including when summarizing the participants of a study like this.