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oʊˈbisobese

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. corpulent, obese, weighty, rotundadjective

    excessively fat

    "a weighty man"

Wiktionary

  1. obeseadjective

    Extremely overweight, especially: weighing more than 20% (for men) or 25% (for women) over their ideal weight determined by height and build; or, having a body mass index over 30 kg/m2.

  2. Etymology: obesus, derived from obedere, from ob + edere

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. OBESEadjective

    Fat; loaden with flesh.

    Etymology: obesus, Latin.

Wikipedia

  1. obese

    Obesity is a medical condition, sometimes considered a disease, in which excess body fat has accumulated to such an extent that it may negatively affect health. People are classified as obese when their body mass index (BMI)—a person's weight divided by the square of the person's height—is over 30 kg/m2; the range 25–30 kg/m2 is defined as overweight. Some East Asian countries use lower values to calculate obesity. Obesity is a major cause of disability and is correlated with various diseases and conditions, particularly cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, obstructive sleep apnea, certain types of cancer, and osteoarthritis.Obesity has individual, socioeconomic, and environmental causes. Some known causes are diet, physical activity, automation, urbanization, genetic susceptibility, medications, mental disorders, economic policies, endocrine disorders, and exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals.While a majority of obese individuals at any given time are attempting to lose weight and are often successful, maintaining weight loss long term is rare. There is no effective, well-defined, evidence-based intervention for preventing obesity. Obesity prevention requires a complex approach, including interventions at societal, community, family, and individual levels. Changes to diet and exercising are the main treatments recommended by health professionals. Diet quality can be improved by reducing the consumption of energy-dense foods, such as those high in fat or sugars, and by increasing the intake of dietary fiber, if these dietary choices are available, affordable, and accessible. Medications can be used, along with a suitable diet, to reduce appetite or decrease fat absorption. If diet, exercise, and medication are not effective, a gastric balloon or surgery may be performed to reduce stomach volume or length of the intestines, leading to feeling full earlier, or a reduced ability to absorb nutrients from food.Obesity is a leading preventable cause of death worldwide, with increasing rates in adults and children. In 2015, 600 million adults (12%) and 100 million children were obese in 195 countries. Obesity is more common in women than in men. Today, obesity is stigmatized in most of the world. Conversely, some cultures, past and present, have a favorable view of obesity, seeing it as a symbol of wealth and fertility. Nevertheless, in 2013, several medical societies, including the American Medical Association and the American Heart Association, classified obesity as a disease.

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  1. obese

    Obese refers to having an excessive amount of body fat to the extent that it may have a negative effect on health. It is typically determined using the Body Mass Index (BMI), with a person considered obese if they have a BMI of 30 or higher. Obesity is usually a result of an imbalance between calories consumed and expended, with genetic, behavioral, metabolic and hormonal influences. It raises the risk of developing various health problems like heart disease, diabetes, and high blood pressure.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Obeseadjective

    excessively corpulent; fat; fleshy

  2. Etymology: [L. obesus eaten away, lean; also, that has eaten itself fat, fat, stout, p. p. of obedere to devour; ob (see Ob-) + edere to eat. See Eat.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Obese

    ō-bēs′, adj. fat: fleshy.—ns. Obese′ness, Obes′ity, fatness: abnormal fatness. [L. obesusob, up, edĕre, esum, to eat.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of obese in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of obese in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of obese in a Sentence

  1. Michael Brodman:

    We didn't specifically have protocols for dealing with obese patients. We didn't treat them differently and in reality, you have to treat them differently.

  2. Renata Alves:

    Cases can be tough, one obese woman needed eight people to carry her to our ambulance. And a man with Alzheimer's... we had to ask the family if we could physically remove him from his home. It's hard.

  3. Gunter Kuhnle:

    The results of this study are not surprising : children who consume a lot of' ultra-processed' foods are most likely to be less healthy and more obese than their peers with lower intake. The interpretation of these results are however much more difficult, the outcome of the study is heavily confounded by socio-economic factors : children living in more deprived areas and from families with lower educational attainment and lower socio-economic status had the highest intake of ultra-processed foods. Unfortunately, these children are also at highest risk of obesity and poor health, as there are still considerable health-inequalities in the UK and socio-economic status is an important determinant of health.

  4. James Gangwisch:

    The results from the present study are unlikely to be fully reflective of what may occur in persons who are older, overweight or obese, or have other potent risk factors for diabetes.

  5. Antonio Vidal-Puig:

    If you can increase the brown fat in obese and diabetic people then you can improve their situation.

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