Obese and Overweight. This condition can be dangerous and impairs sporting performance in most cases. Sumo wrestlers are often obese as it is more difficult to push this extra weight out of the ring!

Body composition is important to both the top sports people and to ordinary people. The elite athletes have a good body build for their sport and therefore one reason for taking part in sport is that it improves as well as health. Body [?] is one of the five ASPECTS OF HEALTH RELATED FITNESS.

Here are some key terms:
[?] : having weight in excess of normal. Not harmful unless it is accompanied by overfatness
OVERFAT: Having too much body composition as [?] ; men, having more than 19% of total body composition as fat; for women 26%
OBESE or OBESITY: extreme overweight, often considered as 20% to 35% above "normal"; probably best described as an extreme overfat condition.

[?] , Lifestyle and Diet all have a big influence on Body Composition.

OBESITY IN THE UK
In the UK only two terms are used: overweight and obese, and research has shown that problems with adults who are overweight and obese have increased in the UK in recent years. These conditions carry with them certain health risks such as the risk of [?] and CORONARY HEART DISEASE (CHD) - including heart attacks and , as well as pressure.