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
The county has slightly lower rates of adult obesity, diabetes, food insecurity, teen births, unemployment, and uninsured adults and children than state and national averages.
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Chrissy Suttles, Axios, 25 Mar. 2025
Inflammatory response: Many UPFs contain trans fats, emulsifiers and artificial additives that promote chronic inflammation, a key driver of heart disease and obesity.
—Ximena Araya-Fischel, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
Shepard added that alcohol is the third leading cause of preventable cancers behind tobacco use and obesity, and these factors can play off one another.
—Brian Mastroianni, Health, 25 Mar. 2025
While also sharing risk factors like obesity, diabetes itself is considered a risk factor for MALSD.
—Sarah Hudgens, Health, 16 Mar. 2025
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Chrissy Suttles, Axios, 25 Mar. 2025
Inflammatory response: Many UPFs contain trans fats, emulsifiers and artificial additives that promote chronic inflammation, a key driver of heart disease and obesity.
—Ximena Araya-Fischel, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
Shepard added that alcohol is the third leading cause of preventable cancers behind tobacco use and obesity, and these factors can play off one another.
—Brian Mastroianni, Health, 25 Mar. 2025
While also sharing risk factors like obesity, diabetes itself is considered a risk factor for MALSD.
—Sarah Hudgens, Health, 16 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
Noun
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Today, the keto diet is often advertised and used for weight loss.—
Melissa Nieves,
Verywell Health,
9 Apr. 2025
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For some people, intensive insulin treatment can contribute to weight gain.—
Julia Ries,
Health,
9 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 15 Apr. 2025.
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