as in plump
having an excess of body fat
an overweight person who had difficulty running even a short distance
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Sarah Garone, Health, 4 Dec. 2024
Excess Fat in Thigh Muscles Could Increase the Risk of Knee Osteoarthritis
Researchers noted that the excess fat within thigh muscle tissue might add to participants’ risk of knee osteoarthritis, or degeneration in the knee joints that is more common among people who are overweight or have obesity.
—Lisa Rapaport, EverydayHealth.com, 4 Dec. 2024
Maggie O'Neill, Health, 2 Nov. 2024
Once the gut barrier is breached, even friendly microbes can stir up inflammation, causing health issues ranging from overweight to obesity, infection to autoimmune disease, and mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer’s.
—Christopher Damman, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
The National Institutes of Health considers a BMI of 25 to 29.9 to be overweight, while the Korean Society for the Study of Obesity defines overweight as a BMI of 23 or higher.1
Participants were divided into three groups.
—Sarah Garone, Health, 4 Dec. 2024
Excess Fat in Thigh Muscles Could Increase the Risk of Knee Osteoarthritis
Researchers noted that the excess fat within thigh muscle tissue might add to participants’ risk of knee osteoarthritis, or degeneration in the knee joints that is more common among people who are overweight or have obesity.
—Lisa Rapaport, EverydayHealth.com, 4 Dec. 2024
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High cholesterol, obesity and overweight, concussion or other brain injury, and mild cognitive impairment can also contribute to an Alzheimer’s diagnosis.
—Maggie O'Neill, Health, 2 Nov. 2024
Once the gut barrier is breached, even friendly microbes can stir up inflammation, causing health issues ranging from overweight to obesity, infection to autoimmune disease, and mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer’s.
—Christopher Damman, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overweight
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This drugstore darling is a versatile medicine cabinet staple for its mix of petroleum jelly, mineral oil, glycerin, and lanolin that acts as an all-in-one humectant, emollient, and occlusive to ensure your skin stays soft and plump.Angela Trakoshis, Allure, 6 Dec. 2024
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Layer on generously before bedtime to find flaky, parched lips replaced by smooth, soft, plump pout come morning.Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 5 Dec. 2024
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The study also found that the largest decrease of obesity occurred in the South.Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
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Studies have shown that alongside weight loss and Type 2 diabetes management, the drugs may protect against high blood pressure, liver disease, kidney disease and other health complications of obesity.Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 11 Dec. 2024
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Eat a diet that emphasizes fruits and vegetables, grains, some protein and not too much fat.Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
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High fat, high protein, and low-sugar ketogenic diets caught on.Juergen Eckhardt, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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Nearly 75 percent of our citizens are overweight or obese.Web Golinkin, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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However, many obese people have levels of leptin that are too high.Kelly Burch, Verywell Health, 3 Dec. 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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Her cousin was sitting with her mom at their round wooden kitchen table.Taylor Galgano, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024
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Topping the two main sapphires are oval and round diamonds.Anthony DeMarco, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Overweight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overweight. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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