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obesity

/oh-bee-si-tee/US // oʊˈbi sɪ ti //

肥胖症,肥胖,肥胖问题,厌食症

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the condition of being very fat or overweight; corpulence: His obesity puts him at risk for major health problems.

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Examples

  • These changes make obesity, diabetes, heart disease and other health issues more likely.

  • The analysis controlled for a long list of variables, including population density, income, race and age, as well as community health indicators such as prevalence of smokers, adult obesity, preventable hospital stays and physical inactivity.

  • That mechanism may explain part of why animal-based foods like red meat are associated with higher risk of obesity and diabetes, though it’s not yet clear how much it matters.

  • Underlying conditions like severe obesity or high blood pressure were linked to more serious illness or death.

  • GLP-1 drugs include Novo’s Ozempic for diabetes and Saxenda for obesity.

  • Nor do these studies address the structural and systematic issues that contribute to obesity, such as poverty and stress.

  • The NFL, for instance, has a fitness campaign designed to address childhood obesity.

  • The show could feature various obesity researchers who might highlight the latest thinking in long-term weight management.

  • After all, here we are, in the middle of a global obesity crisis; and there they are running a metabolic lab on television.

  • If The Biggest Loser could correct this misconception, it would do a lot to reduce anti-obesity prejudice.

  • He was a tall man, which conveniently helped conceal a tendency toward obesity.

  • Thou, cowardly and treacherous comrade, who hidest thy sick pasha-like obesity in the corner of thy stage-box!

  • In a letter to Sir Harry Erskine, in 1756, he complains of this tendency to obesity.

  • In any medical paper to-day you are almost sure to see an article on neurasthenia and obesity.

  • She was another of those wonders of obesity, unable to stand excepting on all fours.