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
Overweight and obesity need to be treated safely and effectively to avoid that worrying forecast.
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New Atlas, 25 Dec. 2024
In addition, widespread access to healthier food options that are cheaper and readily available, particularly among underserved poorer communities will help keep people healthy and mitigate obesity and ultimately a diagnosis of type II diabetes.
—Omer Awan, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Miracle drug gone wrong At the height of its popularity in the 1990s, fen-phen was considered a miracle drug for its ability to reduce obesity.
—Josh Wood, The Courier-Journal, 23 Dec. 2024
Cheeses that are high in fat can contribute to weight gain and obesity, the American Kennel Club warns.
—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
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New Atlas, 25 Dec. 2024
In addition, widespread access to healthier food options that are cheaper and readily available, particularly among underserved poorer communities will help keep people healthy and mitigate obesity and ultimately a diagnosis of type II diabetes.
—Omer Awan, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Miracle drug gone wrong At the height of its popularity in the 1990s, fen-phen was considered a miracle drug for its ability to reduce obesity.
—Josh Wood, The Courier-Journal, 23 Dec. 2024
Cheeses that are high in fat can contribute to weight gain and obesity, the American Kennel Club warns.
—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for obesity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for obesity
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Sleep Apnea While there is no evidence to show that GLP-1 drugs can improve sleep apnea, Whyte says research has shown that weight loss from GLP-1 use can indirectly improve sleep apnea symptoms by reducing fat around the airways.Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 2 Jan. 2025
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Someone who has a meal within that limit could easily make up for the 0.5 gram extra of saturated fat by eating a low-fat cheese or yogurt in another meal.Reyna Gobel, Scientific American, 26 Dec. 2024
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Which Is Better for Weight Loss? Both oat and almond milk may be beneficial for weight loss.Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, RDN, LD, Health, 14 Jan. 2025
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New and better weight loss compounds may be discovered.David A. Brenner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 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 18 Jan. 2025.
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