as in fatness
the condition of having an excess of body fat
obesity has been linked to a number of health risks, such as heart disease
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Recent Examples of obesity
Rival obesity drug maker Eli Lilly rose more than 6% following the results.
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Sean Conlon, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
But he’s also promised to shake up the country’s food and drug industries, promoting healthy lifestyles and disrupting corporate forces driving obesity, addiction and other illnesses — a platform that has broad political appeal but has spooked markets.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 20 Dec. 2024
Victoria Knight Dec 2, 2024 HELP tees up hearing on obesity and food labeling
The Senate HELP Committee is devoting what is likely one of its last hearings of the 118th Congress to processed foods and their role in childhood obesity and nutrition.
—Tina Reed, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024
When looking at the risks of other diseases, the epidemiologists did not find much of a difference between the two groups in terms of heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, obesity and cancer.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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Sean Conlon, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
But he’s also promised to shake up the country’s food and drug industries, promoting healthy lifestyles and disrupting corporate forces driving obesity, addiction and other illnesses — a platform that has broad political appeal but has spooked markets.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 20 Dec. 2024
Victoria Knight Dec 2, 2024 HELP tees up hearing on obesity and food labeling
The Senate HELP Committee is devoting what is likely one of its last hearings of the 118th Congress to processed foods and their role in childhood obesity and nutrition.
—Tina Reed, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024
When looking at the risks of other diseases, the epidemiologists did not find much of a difference between the two groups in terms of heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, obesity and cancer.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obesity
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That meant his body fat went from 10.1 percent to 13.3 percent to 8.4 percent, with a net loss of 5.7 pounds by the end of the experiment.Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 23 Dec. 2024
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Use whole-grain flour, reduce sugar and replace suet with healthier fats like olive oil or almond butter.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
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This coming year, the rivalry will be as strong as ever, as both River Plate and Boca Juniors feel the weight of expectation on their shoulders following poor 2024 campaigns for both teams.Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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Any doubt about the existence of rape culture simply crumples under the weight of reality.Robin Abcarian, The Mercury News, 27 Dec. 2024
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Whimsy was also the domain of the Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero, whose signature was a race of voluptuously bloated figures — denizens, from priests to bullfighters, of an almost cartoonish world that, to him, had to do not with corpulence but with the sensuality of human life.William McDonald, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2023
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His thick musculature having bloated into unhealthy corpulence, Maradona was hospitalized in Buenos Aires in April 2004 with what doctors described as a weakened heart and acute breathing problems.Jeré Longman, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2020
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“Obesity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obesity. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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