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Learn about treatments for overweight and obesity, including healthy eating, physical activity, weight-loss medicines, weight-loss devices, bariatric surgery.

Learn about risks for certain health problems if you are overweight or have obesity. Learn about emotional and social problems linked to overweight and obesity.

Many factors can affect your weight, leading to overweight, obesity, or extreme obesity. Being overweight or having obesity may lead to certain health problems.

Learn how healthy eating and physical activity may help you lose weight. Eating healthy foods and being physically active may help you stay at a healthy weight.

The terms “overweight” and “obesity” refer to body weight that is greater than what is considered normal or healthy for a certain height.

Knowing your body mass index (BMI) and waist size help tell if you are at a normal or healthy weight, are overweight, or have obesity.

Discusses and offers tips and resources for primary care providers to address the sensitive topic of weight control with patients.

Provides small achievable steps to help teenagers get healthier by explaining how the body works and how to make better food choices and become more active.

Physical activity may seem hard if you are overweight or obese. The good news is that you can be active at any size—and have fun and feel good at the same time.

Learn about prescription weight-loss drugs, including who they can help, who shouldn’t take them, how they work, their benefits and risks, and common results.