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having an excess of body fat
an overweight person who had difficulty running even a short distance
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Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 25 Oct. 2024
The analysts, led by Ryan Brinkman, also raised its price target to $70 per share from $64 per share and reiterated an overweight rating, pointing to the earnings bear and a recent move to accelerate share buybacks.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 23 Oct. 2024
Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
Analyst Lauren Lieberman downgraded the stock on Sept. 30 to equal weight from overweight.
—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2024
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Treatment Factors Pediatricians have to carefully consider the needs of their teenage patient before prescribing GLP-1 drugs—not any teen who is overweight or who wants to lose a few pounds can receive these medications.
—Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 25 Oct. 2024
The analysts, led by Ryan Brinkman, also raised its price target to $70 per share from $64 per share and reiterated an overweight rating, pointing to the earnings bear and a recent move to accelerate share buybacks.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 23 Oct. 2024
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Next will be Asian investors likely taking a little profit from their historical overweight to US tech stocks, Japan, and India, and using that capital to dip their toes back into cheap China consumer, internet, and technology names.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
Analyst Lauren Lieberman downgraded the stock on Sept. 30 to equal weight from overweight.
—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2024
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Mounds of fresh fruits, plump veggies, pantry staples, meats, and even bags of frozen seafood boils poked out of them.Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
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How to Choose, Store, and Wash Fresh Cranberries When shopping, look for fresh cranberries that are deep red, firm, plump, and have smooth skins.Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2024
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More liberal Medicaid coverage could expand access for the almost 40% of adults and 26% of children with obesity in Medicaid, but would strain some state budgets.Tina Reed, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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One of the biggest threats to a dog's health is obesity, which affects over 34 percent of canines in America, according to the AKC.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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To avoid common side effects—such as stomach pain, vomiting, or diarrhea—Siegel tells his patients to eat smaller portions and less fat to support digestion.Jenna Anderson, Health, 4 Nov. 2024
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Dense breasts have more tissue and less fat, which makes reading mammograms more difficult as tissue and possible tumors both appear white in results, according to the American Cancer Society.Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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Approximately one in three adults in America is overweight, and nearly two in five are obese.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Two thirds of British adults are overweight and almost a third are obese.Katherine Hignett, Forbes, 28 Oct. 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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Along with their distinctive, large black eye patches, giant pandas have short limbs and round bodies.Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 6 Nov. 2024
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Each door reveals new supplies for DIY activities such as assorted round beads, charms, and thread for DIY friendship bracelets, plus other gifts like nail polish and nail stickers to create festive purple, pink, blue, and yellow manicures.Ali Faccenda, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Overweight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overweight. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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