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
Black women are also diagnosed with higher rates of obesity (nearly three in five) and diabetes (more than one in eight), conditions that increase the risk for stroke.
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Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 1 Nov. 2024
They have become highly sought after because of their effectiveness at treating obesity and type 2 diabetes.
—Bruce Gil, Quartz, 30 Oct. 2024
While new obesity drugs are driving Novo’s growth, insulin has been the company’s core product for a century.
—Madison Muller, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2024
Studies have also shown concerns around insulin sensitivity and diabetes, obesity and fertility, Bloom said.
—Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 29 Oct. 2024
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Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 1 Nov. 2024
They have become highly sought after because of their effectiveness at treating obesity and type 2 diabetes.
—Bruce Gil, Quartz, 30 Oct. 2024
While new obesity drugs are driving Novo’s growth, insulin has been the company’s core product for a century.
—Madison Muller, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2024
Studies have also shown concerns around insulin sensitivity and diabetes, obesity and fertility, Bloom said.
—Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 29 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obesity
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According to the authors of the latest study, eating nuts may improve the health of our blood vessels and lower blood pressure and inflammation, which may be as a result of the high concentrations of healthy fats and vitamins in these foods.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Access to foods like sugar, fats, bacon, meat and cheese was limited.Sam Tupper, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
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Make sure everything is attached properly to hold weight, especially for pieces that require at-home assembly.Medea Giordano, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
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Over time, though, the symptoms usually become unmistakable: staggering, confusion, walking in patterns, extreme weight loss, and an unusual lack of fear toward humans.Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 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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“Obesity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obesity. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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