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
For example, obesity costs about $173 billion per year today according to the CDC.
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Hank Cardello, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
Looking Forward With the treatment landscape in such upheaval, experts are hesitant to predict what the future of obesity and diabetes treatment will look like.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 23 June 2025
This guidance also reflects a shifting understanding of obesity itself.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 20 June 2025
While most Medicare and Medicaid plans pay for weight loss drugs for diabetics, they aren’t currently covered for obesity.
—Sonya Collins, Fortune, 20 June 2025
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Hank Cardello, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
Looking Forward With the treatment landscape in such upheaval, experts are hesitant to predict what the future of obesity and diabetes treatment will look like.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 23 June 2025
This guidance also reflects a shifting understanding of obesity itself.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 20 June 2025
While most Medicare and Medicaid plans pay for weight loss drugs for diabetics, they aren’t currently covered for obesity.
—Sonya Collins, Fortune, 20 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obesity
Noun
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Carb consistency: Carbohydrates impact blood sugar more than protein and fat.—
Kathleen Daly,
Verywell Health,
30 June 2025
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Pure’s single-ingredient formula is highly bioavailable, meaning your body can absorb it, and can support the metabolism and breakdown of carbohydrates, amino acids, and fats in the body.—
Brianna Peters,
Vogue,
30 June 2025
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Woods has provided input on design and features, as well as significant feedback on aspects of the polos such as weight, collar stays, buttons, water absorbency, and fit.—
Erik Matuszewski,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Skubal’s broad shoulders have thus far been well-suited to handle the weight.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
30 June 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 13 Jul. 2025.
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