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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New Atlas, 14 Jan. 2025
The proposal also calls for dividing obesity into two categories: clinical and preclinical.
—Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 14 Jan. 2025
The state ranks number one in decreasing the number of Black residents suffering from poor health and diabetes and second in obesity.
—Cheyanne M. Daniels, The Hill, 14 Jan. 2025
Alcohol consumption is the third leading preventable cause of cancer in the United States, after tobacco and obesity, according to the surgeon general's advisory.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 3 Jan. 2025
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New Atlas, 14 Jan. 2025
The proposal also calls for dividing obesity into two categories: clinical and preclinical.
—Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 14 Jan. 2025
The state ranks number one in decreasing the number of Black residents suffering from poor health and diabetes and second in obesity.
—Cheyanne M. Daniels, The Hill, 14 Jan. 2025
Alcohol consumption is the third leading preventable cause of cancer in the United States, after tobacco and obesity, according to the surgeon general's advisory.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 3 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obesity
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However, given the high calories and fat in cheese, experts recommend consuming the dairy product in moderation.Sarah Garone, Health, 15 Jan. 2025
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His plastic surgery board certification had been on probation after Walker’s death from a pulmonary embolism that the Department of Health charged was caused by Simmons illegally injecting fat into Walker’s gluteal muscles.David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 15 Jan. 2025
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The mill, operating in Mexico and China, produces selvedge fabrics using hemp and recycled cotton, available in a diverse range of weights, from lightweight shirting to robust 15.5 oz. constructions.Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 14 Jan. 2025
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Often multiple pounds in weight, the insect-like deep-sea animals are fished from far away islands before being distributed to markets and restaurants around the country in Southeast Asia.Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 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 20 Jan. 2025.
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