obese

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obese

excessively fat or fleshy; corpulent

obese

[ō′bēs]

(anatomy)

Extremely fat.

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But for obese people, knee dislocations are often due not to trauma or excessive force but to strain from carrying excess body

Obesity tied to serious complications after knee injuries

Fact - The concept of healthy obese does not seem to be true.

`Healthy obese` may be just a myth

The number of obese children nationwide has (https://www.

USDA: Differences In Households With Obese Children And Those Without

Aim and Objectives: To find out the short-term memory status by visual tasks in obese and non-obese female school children of urban areas.

Short term memory in obese and non-obese female school children

1-3 Several researches have shown equal or even less operative mortality rate in obese patients versus non-obese patients.

Effect of body mass index on early outcomes of coronary artery bypass grafting

In both the Soho and Aston wards of Birmingham, 29 per cent of children in Year 6 are classed as obese.

List of shame; new data shows which areas have the most obese children

A self-administrated questionnaire was made to collect the data which consisted of 20 questions (statements) related to the student's knowledge, perception and practice towards obese patients.

KNOWLEDGE, PERCEPTION AND ATTITUDES OF DENTAL UNDERGRADUATE AND POSTGRADUATE TOWARDS OBESITY

Jude Childrens Research Hospital including Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have demonstrated that flu vaccines with adjuvants dont work as well in obese mice; results highlight urgent need to understand vaccine response in obese humans.

Israel : Vaccines Fail to Protect Obese Mice from Severe Influenza Infections

BEING overweight or obese increase the chances of dying early, especially in men, new research has shown.

Overweight men 'at greater risk of dying early'

3 billion adults worldwide are overweight, and that a further 600 million are obese.

Overweight men 'at greater risk of dying early'

OBESE WOMEN without chronic disease are at greater risk of pregnancy complications and poor neonatal outcomes than are healthy weight women, according to a study published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Healthy obese women experience poor pregnancy and neonatal outcomes

The largest study of its kind found there are now 641 million obese adults worldwide overtaking for the first time the numbers who are underweight.