paunchiness

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Noun
  • The obesity epidemic is causing a huge amount of health issues in this country.
    Angelica Stabile, Fox News, 27 Jan. 2025
  • People who don’t get enough sleep are at higher risk for obesity, high blood pressure, heart attack, diabetes and depression, O’Keefe said.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • However, given the high calories and fat in cheese, experts recommend consuming the dairy product in moderation.
    Sarah Garone, Health, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The study, which was published in the journal Nutrients, had 18 men and women with overweight or obesity take 355 grams a day of either elderberry juice or a placebo beverage for a week.
    Korin Miller, Verywell Health, 22 Jan. 2025
  • The bank downgraded the automaker to equal weight from overweight.
    Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • This 2023 Best of Beauty winner uses ceramides and peptides—i.e., two ingredients your skin loves for suppleness and firmness—along with protecting antioxidants, to deliver all-day softness and plumpness while reinforcing your moisture barrier.
    Siena Gagliano, Allure, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Dermal fillers enhance the fullness and plumpness of aging skin.
    Ayesha Gulzar, Verywell Health, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The highlight of the dinner is the serving of the haggis, a traditional Scottish pudding comprised of a sheep's heart, liver, and lungs diced with onions, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt and cooked in a sheep’s stomach.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Chronic gastritis is a lingering inflammation of the stomach lining.
    Sayaka Blickenderfer, PhD, Health, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Paunchiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paunchiness. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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