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The clinic urged owners to not rely on a 100% seed diet as the foods can cause obesity and vitamin deficiencies.—
Krystal Nurse,
USA TODAY,
14 Mar. 2025 -
Dogs with high genetic obesity risk were sensitive to how their owners handled their diet and their daily routines.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
13 Mar. 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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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
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Morgan Stanley reiterates Meta as overweight The firm said Meta is best positioned amid the tariff uncertainty.—
Michael Bloom,
CNBC,
17 Apr. 2025
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The 16-year (64-quarter) US bull market has made the US overweight in every investor’s portfolio, in my opinion.—
Brendan Ahern,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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The small microneedles send thermal energy to the dermis (the inner layer of the skin), stimulating collagen and elastin production, which helps improve the plumpness of your skin.—
Nadja Sayej,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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Best of all, the radiant finish blurs the appearance of pores, while coffee seed oil stimulates collagen for plumpness.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
31 Jan. 2025
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Wiggins missed one game due to a stomach illness, five games due to a sprained right ankle, two games due to a left lower leg contusion and six straight games due to a recent hamstring issue.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
10 Apr. 2025
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Read more Chemistry What Mom Finds in Her Teen Daughter's Room Shocks Internet: 'Dangerous' This includes both ingredients in food and natural substances in the body that can trigger bitter taste sensors found outside the mouth, like in the stomach or other organs.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Paunchiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paunchiness. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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