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
The findings, the team said, could help in the treatment of obesity in the future.
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
Researchers rely on that survey's results to compare a number of health trends across different states and communities, including rates of cancer screening, obesity rates and women's health issues.
—Alexander Tin, CBS News, 13 Feb. 2025
The patients of Los Angeles internist and obesity specialist Pooja Gidwani are microdosing GLP-1s as part of a longevity approach.
—Beth Landman, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Feb. 2025
The dire situation prompted Dr. Vivek Murthy, then the U.S. surgeon general, to declare last year that social isolation and loneliness are a pressing health epidemic, on a par with smoking or obesity in terms of its detrimental effects.
—John Hewko, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
Researchers rely on that survey's results to compare a number of health trends across different states and communities, including rates of cancer screening, obesity rates and women's health issues.
—Alexander Tin, CBS News, 13 Feb. 2025
The patients of Los Angeles internist and obesity specialist Pooja Gidwani are microdosing GLP-1s as part of a longevity approach.
—Beth Landman, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Feb. 2025
The dire situation prompted Dr. Vivek Murthy, then the U.S. surgeon general, to declare last year that social isolation and loneliness are a pressing health epidemic, on a par with smoking or obesity in terms of its detrimental effects.
—John Hewko, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obesity
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Light soy milk: These have no more than 1.5 grams of fat per 100 milliliters, which is 30% fewer calories than the original product.—
Merve Ceylan,
Health,
20 Feb. 2025
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This popular brand found at most grocery stores is a bit chewy and has some hunks of fat that don’t cook out, but the hit of fennel is a win.—
Jolene Thym,
The Mercury News,
19 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Within five years, MedMen had collapsed under the weight of lawsuits, financial struggles and a dramatic boardroom coup.—
Javier Hasse,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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The different weights of hyaluronic acid are able to penetrate different layers of the skin, which results in longer-lasting hydration and a plumper, smoother texture.—
Danielle Cohen,
Glamour,
19 Feb. 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 3 Mar. 2025.
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