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
These drugs have also been given partial credit for a recent dip in obesity rates in the US, which dropped in 2023 for the first time in over a decade.
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Brenda Goodman, CNN, 20 Jan. 2025
Fried foods are a major risk factor for developing chronic diseases, including becoming overweight, obesity, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, and heart disease.
—Johna Burdeos, Health, 20 Jan. 2025
Trump's return puts Medicaid on the chopping block New recommendations to measure obesity go beyond controversial BMI
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Alexander Tin
Alexander Tin is a digital reporter for CBS News based in the Washington, D.C. bureau.
—Alexander Tin, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2025
An international commission says obesity should be assessed in a way that goes beyond the body mass index.
—Alex Knapp, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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Brenda Goodman, CNN, 20 Jan. 2025
Fried foods are a major risk factor for developing chronic diseases, including becoming overweight, obesity, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, and heart disease.
—Johna Burdeos, Health, 20 Jan. 2025
Trump's return puts Medicaid on the chopping block New recommendations to measure obesity go beyond controversial BMI
Why a home equity loan is better than a credit card now
Alexander Tin
Alexander Tin is a digital reporter for CBS News based in the Washington, D.C. bureau.
—Alexander Tin, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2025
An international commission says obesity should be assessed in a way that goes beyond the body mass index.
—Alex Knapp, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obesity
Noun
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However, given the high calories and fat in cheese, experts recommend consuming the dairy product in moderation.—
Sarah Garone,
Health,
15 Jan. 2025
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His plastic surgery board certification had been on probation after Walker’s death from a pulmonary embolism that the Department of Health charged was caused by Simmons illegally injecting fat into Walker’s gluteal muscles.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
15 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Think narrow sections with extra weight in the middle to give you more control for day-to-day styling at home.—
Fiona Embleton,
Glamour,
25 Jan. 2025
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Gypsy-Rose Blanchard is denying rumors about her recent weight loss after giving birth to her baby girl.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
25 Jan. 2025
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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 30 Jan. 2025.
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