How to Use obese in a Sentence

obese

adjective

• That squeaks right under a BMI of 30, which would make Trump obese.
  — Maggie Fox, NBC News, 17 Jan. 2018
• The researchers looked at the rate of overweight and obese babies at 1, 2 and 3 years of age.
  — Sumathi Reddy, WSJ, 15 Oct. 2018
• It is projected that by 2030 half of all adults in the U.S. will be obese.
  — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 1 Mar. 2018
• The McAllen, Texas, region scored the top spot with the highest number of obese adults.
  — Melissa Matthews, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2018
• In the United States alone, more than 40 percent of adults are obese.
  — Eshe Nelson Charlotte De La Fuente, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024
• Fathers could play a role in whether their kids end up obese.
  — Brett Molina, USA TODAY, 5 July 2018
• There was a slight decline in kids who were overweight or obese, too, the study showed.
  — Jonel Aleccia, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2023
• Two thirds of British adults are overweight and almost a third are obese.
  — Katherine Hignett, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
• The bad news: More Alaskans are obese or have diabetes.
  — Tegan Hanlon, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Feb. 2018
• This food is perfect for dogs who are overweight or obese, and need to lose weight in a healthy way.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 16 Oct. 2022
• More than one in four children in San Diego are overweight or obese.
  — Lisa Deaderick, sandiegouniontribune.com, 19 Aug. 2017
• Not all people who have a high BMI are overweight or obese.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 16 Mar. 2021
• In the early sixties, about 14 percent of the country was obese.
  — Emily Hopkins, Cincinnati.com, 4 July 2018
• And in a rude twist of fate, the people who gain the most are more likely to be already overweight or obese.
  — Author: Jill U. Adams, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Dec. 2019
• For men, being obese at age 20 raised the risk for dementia by 2.5 times.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 30 July 2020
• About 10 percent of the children were overweight or obese.
  — Nicholas Bakalar, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2017
• That is up from no states with more than a third of residents being obese a decade ago in 2013.
  — Alexander Tin, CBS News, 24 Sep. 2024
• The fact is, 40 percent of the adult U.S. population is obese.
  — Kara Richardson Whitely, Outside Online, 5 Dec. 2022
• Do the overweight in the richest countries get to jump the queue — or just the seriously obese?
  — Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2020
• Being overweight or obese has been linked to at least 13 types of cancer.
  — Claudia Wallis, Scientific American, 27 Sep. 2019
• In the new study, Madeo's team recruited 60 people, all healthy, non-obese adults.
  — Serena Gordon, chicagotribune.com, 3 Sep. 2019
• For someone who is obese or pregnant, perform the thrusts around the chest instead of the abdomen.
  — Michael Menna, Verywell Health, 5 June 2023
• And the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that one in three school-aged kids in the city is obese.
  — Fox News, 19 July 2018
• Kentucky has one of the highest percentages of obese children in the nation, the study found.
  — Sarah Brookbank, Cincinnati.com, 18 Apr. 2018
• An elderly Gypsy king’s weight-loss curse prompts an obese lawyer to call in a mob boss’s debt.
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2019
• Kept their weight in the normal range instead of being overweight or obese.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 22 June 2024
• Companies need to adapt to a world that has fewer obese people.
  — Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 17 June 2024
• Oh—and in the comics, the Kingpin is obese (and white); Duncan is massive but proportional (and black).
  — Scott Meslow, GQ, 14 Feb. 2018
• The condition is more common in people who are overweight or obese.
  — Angelica Stabile, Fox News, 24 Dec. 2024
• Nearly 75 percent of our citizens are overweight or obese.
  — Web Golinkin, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Jan 2025