obese
very fat or overweight; corpulent.
Origin of obese
1Other words from obese
- o·bese·ly, adverb
- o·be·si·ty, o·bese·ness, noun
- o·ver·o·bese, adjective
- o·ver·o·bese·ly, adverb
- o·ver·o·bese·ness, noun
- su·per·o·bese, adjective
- un·o·bese, adjective
- un·o·bese·ly, adverb
- un·o·bese·ness, noun
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How to use obese in a sentence
Too much of the bad type, which stores energy, makes us obese.
Gene editing can alter body fat and may fight diabetes | Silke Schmidt | October 23, 2020 | Science News For StudentsLean people tend to have more active brown and beige fat than do obese people.
Gene editing can alter body fat and may fight diabetes | Silke Schmidt | October 23, 2020 | Science News For StudentsI controlled for factors such as percentage of the population who were obese, diabetic or elderly.
Until A Coronavirus Vaccine Is Ready, Pneumonia Vaccines May Reduce Deaths From COVID-19 | LGBTQ-Editor | October 15, 2020 | No Straight NewsAround 40 percent of American adults are obese, including the president, based on the height and weight recorded in his April physical.
All the conditions we know increase your risk of dying from COVID-19 | Sara Kiley Watson | October 2, 2020 | Popular-ScienceWhile most prescription medicines are intended for people who are obese, the Gelesis product is made for people who are overweight, too.
Ro makes the weight loss product Plenity commercially available to everyone in the U.S. | Jonathan Shieber | October 1, 2020 | TechCrunch
Especially in the U.S., where fast food restaurants are abundant and two-thirds of people are overweight or obese.
Orthorexia: When Healthy Eating Becomes an Obsession | DailyBurn | October 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn addition, the obese people…were all under a BMI of 35, which may have played a role.
“In the Human Microbiome Project, there were only 24 obese individuals out of 200,” Watson told The Daily Beast.
Indeed, at least one study showed that people who watch the program develop more bias against the obese.
‘The Biggest Loser’ Could Be TV’s Most Important Show Ever | Daniela Drake | September 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWe might learn enough that we start treating the obese with the compassion they deserve—which may just be the medicine we need.
‘The Biggest Loser’ Could Be TV’s Most Important Show Ever | Daniela Drake | September 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTobese Englishman hearing this on arrival, asked why this quality should be confined to application to cloth?
A very obese man was he, my boy, with certain sweet-oiliness of manner, and never out of patients.
The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 1 | Robert H. NewellThey were very small and bright, as the eyes of the obese often are, or as they seem by contrast with a large crass face.
The Shadow of the Rope | E. W. HornungAn obese individual sometimes surprises us, however, by his ambition and immaculateness.
How to Analyze People on Sight | Elsie Lincoln Benedict and Ralph Paine BenedictThe fat woman's refusal to worry keeps the wrinkles away and as long as she does not become obese she remains attractive.
How to Analyze People on Sight | Elsie Lincoln Benedict and Ralph Paine Benedict
British Dictionary definitions for obese
/ (əʊˈbiːs) /
excessively fat or fleshy; corpulent
Origin of obese
1Derived forms of obese
- obesity or obeseness, noun
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