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
Having high-fat, heavy meals before bed can also increase the risk of weight gain and obesity over time.
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Allison Herries, Verywell Health, 14 Apr. 2025
That latter ability was appealing as a treatment for obesity.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 11 Apr. 2025
Over these periods, obesity rates increased substantially among people with type 1 diabetes.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2025
The clinic urged owners to not rely on a 100% seed diet as the foods can cause obesity and vitamin deficiencies.
—Krystal Nurse, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2025
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Allison Herries, Verywell Health, 14 Apr. 2025
That latter ability was appealing as a treatment for obesity.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 11 Apr. 2025
Over these periods, obesity rates increased substantially among people with type 1 diabetes.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2025
The clinic urged owners to not rely on a 100% seed diet as the foods can cause obesity and vitamin deficiencies.
—Krystal Nurse, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obesity
Noun
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Active individuals are better able to utilize natural sugars and fats postexercise.—
Faye Remedios,
Glamour,
9 Apr. 2025
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Individuals with significant intra-abdominal fat (patients with fat inside the belly) are also not ideal candidates.—
Michelle Lee,
People.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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But the procession carried even more weight this year.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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By 2016, President Obama put his weight behind the movement with the Computer Science for All initiative.—
James V. Shuls,
National Review,
20 Apr. 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 25 Apr. 2025.
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