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
In 2023, the Academy of American Pediatrics said that obesity medications may be prescribed to children aged 12 and up who are obese, especially children with severe obesity.
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wendy Wisner, Parents, 15 Sep. 2025
Research has already established that children exposed to gestational diabetes in the womb face higher risks of obesity and diabetes later in life.
—New Atlas, 14 Sep. 2025
While undernutrition is still a significant problem, obesity is now more common almost everywhere except South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Mads Claus Rasmussen | Afp | Getty Images Skovronsky thinks that pills could eventually become the primary way that obesity is treated around the world, and that oral drugs could have a larger market share than injectables.
—Angelica Peebles, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
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wendy Wisner, Parents, 15 Sep. 2025
Research has already established that children exposed to gestational diabetes in the womb face higher risks of obesity and diabetes later in life.
—New Atlas, 14 Sep. 2025
While undernutrition is still a significant problem, obesity is now more common almost everywhere except South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Mads Claus Rasmussen | Afp | Getty Images Skovronsky thinks that pills could eventually become the primary way that obesity is treated around the world, and that oral drugs could have a larger market share than injectables.
—Angelica Peebles, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obesity
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This nutrient-rich fruit is high in fiber and monounsaturated fats to help regulate glucose levels.—
Chrystle Fiedler,
USA Today,
19 Sep. 2025
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Magnesium-rich foods provide other vital micronutrients, fiber, and healthy fats, which can help boost its overall absorption.—
Sohaib Imtiaz,
Verywell Health,
19 Sep. 2025
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Those batteries will then lead to cost, weight and material savings, creating an attractive selection of affordable, efficient new-energy vehicles, reported New Atlas.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Sep. 2025
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This happens when water in front of the tire builds up faster than the vehicle's weight can push water out of the way.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
20 Sep. 2025
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Breastfeeding, adiposity, and precocious puberty in boys and girls.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Aug. 2025
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As president, George H.W. Bush compared his dog, Ranger, to a blimp in a playful memo to White House staff noting a need to curb doggie treats because of canine corpulence.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
5 Sep. 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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“Obesity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obesity. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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