It does not help that we are colloquially using the "overweight" label as an euphemism for morbid obesity, because we do not want to offend anyone including our

It does not help that we are colloquially using the "overweight" label as an euphemism for morbid obesity, because we do not want to offend anyone including ourselves. I have never met a person who claimed to be merely "overweight" and wasn't actually massively obese. In doctor's parlance, overweight means BMI between 25 and 30. This tends to correlate with the lowest all cause mortality in older people [0], so it might not be a big deal. But outright obesity (BMI > 30) and morbid obesity (BMI > 40) are definitely a health problem. [0] https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/99/4/875/4637868 https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/99/4/875/4637868