Are you 'overfat' ? Here are the best ways to tell

Although body fat is essential for normal health, in excess it is a risk factor for diseases

About 90% of men and 50% of children in developed countries are “overfat”, according to a new study published in Frontiers in Public Health. Most people will be alarmed by these figures … and the fact that a new term (“overfat”) seems to have emerged overnight. What happened to “overweight” and “obese”? Are there different ways of measuring body fat?

Being overweight or obese is normally classified using the body mass index (BMI) system. But BMI is controversial because it doesn’t actually take the amount of a person’s body fat into account, just their total body