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obese

excessively fat or fleshy; corpulent

obese

[ō′bēs]
(anatomy)
Extremely fat.
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MORE than two thirds of adults in most parts of Merseyside are overweight or obese, as new figures revealed the full extent of the region's health crisis.
WE ARE LOSING BATTLE OF THE BULGE; Two-thirds of Mersey adults are overweight
A national trend of fewer Reception and Year 6 age children being obese was observed last year, including in Kirklees and Calderdale.
Districts show fall in childhood obesity
Little is known about insulin resistance and beta cell function in healthy obese and non-obese local population.
DETERMINATION OF INSULIN RESISTANCE AND BETA CELL FUNCTION IN HEALTHY OBESE AND NON-OBESE INDIVIDUALS
Are people more likely to find a defendant guilty if he or she is obese? It depends.
Guilty or innocent?
The danger soars for the 12 million classed as either mildly obese or obese, and the 1.6 million morbidly obese.
'Slightly overweight' Brits TWICE as likely to face diabetes hell; Average adult in risky weight range; Fears for the 18.5m with a few lbs to lose
Of these, over 650 million were obese, 39% of adults aged 18 years and over were overweight in 2016, and 13% were obese.
The study of pulmonary functions tests and fat distribution in overweight and obese adult males
ONE in 20 women in England are morbidly obese, new figures suggest.
Fifth of women morbidly obese as UK leads unhealthy lifetyle
28, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- After cesarean delivery (CD), the incision site harbors a higher bacterial biomass in obese women than in non-obese women, according to a study recently published in Scientific Reports.
Skin Microbiota Differ for Obese, Non-Obese Undergoing C-Section; Obese women have significantly higher bacterial biomass of lower diversity at the incision site
New figures from the National Child Measurement Programme show that 20% of Year 6 children (those aged 10 and 11) in England are considered obese, while a further 34% are overweight.
As many as 1 in 3 children are overweight in some areas of Surrey; See how your area stacks up using our postcode search gadget
areas of greatest concern TOP 10 areas with the highest percentage of children classed as severely obese in 2016/17: | 1 Barking and Dagenham: 7.8 per cent | 2 Southwark: 7.2 per cent | 3 Hackney: 7.1 per cent | 4 Wolverhampton: 7.0 per cent | 5 Greenwich: 6.7 per cent | 6 Brent: 6.7 per cent | 7 Lambeth: 6.6 per cent | 8 Waltham Forest: 6.3 per cent | 9 Sandwell: 6.2 per cent | 10 Slough: 6.2 per cent PARTS of the West Midlands have some of the most overweight children in the country - with one in 14 now classed as "severely obese".
One in 14 'seriously obese' in parts of West Midlands
ISLAMABAD -- Knee dislocations are becoming more common among obese people, and these patients are more likely than normal-weight individuals to develop blood vessel damage that can lead to amputations, a recent study suggests.
Obesity tied to serious complications after knee injuries
Summary: New Delhi [India], Nov 27 (ANI): Have you heard of healthy obese? Wondering if there are healthy obese people too?
`Healthy obese` may be just a myth

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