as in plump
having an excess of body fat
an overweight person who had difficulty running even a short distance
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Recent Examples of overweight
Elizabeth Cooney,
STAT,
1 July 2026
This story was inspired by real-life pen-pal correspondence between Mary, a lonely Australian girl, and Max, an overweight New Yorker on the autism spectrum.
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Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 July 2026
Natassia Paloma,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
Patients seeking treatment for weight loss should consult a physician trained in management of overweight or obesity.
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Samantha Agate,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 June 2026
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Adjective
To reach its conclusion about diminishing differences, the authors analyzed blood pressure and cholesterol readings in people with obesity, overweight, and normal BMI from 110 health datasets.
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Elizabeth Cooney,
STAT,
1 July 2026
This story was inspired by real-life pen-pal correspondence between Mary, a lonely Australian girl, and Max, an overweight New Yorker on the autism spectrum.
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Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 July 2026
Noun
The city has the largest percentage of adults who are obese, at 45%, with an additional 31% overweight but not obese.
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Natassia Paloma,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
Patients seeking treatment for weight loss should consult a physician trained in management of overweight or obesity.
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Samantha Agate,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overweight
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Advanced Night Ceramide Signature Anti-Aging Night Cream Think of this ceramide-rich formula as plump skin in a bottle.
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Instead of turning to cobbler this summer, put all of those juicy peaches and plump raspberries at the farmers’ market to good use with this stunning recipe.
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And poor diet and sedentary living continue to be the leading causes of preventable chronic conditions, including obesity, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
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Prior to this new Medicare pilot, seniors who wanted to access GLP-1s for obesity alone paid about $1,350-$1,650 per month for Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy (semaglutide) and about $1,086 monthly for Lilly’s Zepbound (tirzepatide).
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The smaller heritage breeds available had higher fat content and varied muscle structure when compared to modern commodity pork.
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Oxidation, rancidity, and fat separation all happen faster when ambient temperatures rise.
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The phrase assumes that fatness belongs firmly in the past, yet the very need for such a term suggests otherwise.
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Because this isn't a book about fatness, despite the central plotline.
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But now about 13 million overweight and obese beneficiaries, including some who don’t have co-morbidities, will also be eligible for coverage through 2027.
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According to court documents cited by KXAN and WNEM-TV5, the girl was also described as morbidly obese and was found dirty, with knots in her hair, and unclothed outside the home when officers arrived.
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And the blue velvet armchair was empty but for the permanent impression of his corpulence.
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Kajumba was a laconic man, rail‑thin, with the type of largish head that suggested nature had intended him for corpulence, even as circumstance had conspired to keep him slender.
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With a round-of-32 game against Ivory Coast on Tuesday secured, Norway are dreaming of a run to the final on July 19.
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In partnership with Van Cleef & Arpels in 1962, Jackie replaced the baguettes with 12 marquise- and round-cut diamonds arranged to form a laurel wreath beneath the larger stones.
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“Overweight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overweight. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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