obese

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obese

excessively fat or fleshy; corpulent

obese

[ō′bēs]

(anatomy)

Extremely fat.

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6% of children aged 10 to 11 who are overweight or obese.

Third of Year Six students are obese or overweight

8 per cent of children are overweight or obese, as are 41.

Brum's kids 'among the most obese'

Schlansky and his colleagues also found that very obese patients died more often than lower weight patients while on the wait list for liver transplantation.

Outcomes After Transplantation are the Same for Patients Who are Obese and Those with Lower BMI

A recent study by Unicef India with International Institute for Population Sciences and other groups show that majority of obese women surveyed in Delhi reported sexual dissatisfaction and faced social stigma.

' Obese women face sexual rejection"

Key clinical point: Obese patients without metabolic risk factors will likely develop complications over time.

The 'healthy obese' may not stay healthy for long

Many parents of obese children do not try to prevent their children from becoming obese because they simply fail to recognise abnormal weight.

Fat people fail to recognise abnormal weight

According to the researchers, before accounting for where people live, severely obese men and women have 29 percent and 43 percent lower odds, respectively, than their non-obese counterparts of reporting that they are "very satisfied" with their lives.

Where you live matters when it comes to obesity, life satisfaction

Being overweight and obese can store up problems in later life such as heart disease, diabetes and certain cancers.

WE ARE LOSING BATTLE OF THE BULGE; Two-thirds of Mersey adults are overweight

8 per cent of adults in England are overweight or obese, with a body mass index (BMI) of 25 or over.

Epidemic of overweight in region

But figures show a greater proportion of Kirklees' children were classed as obese than those in Calderdale across both reception and Year 6 categories.

Districts show fall in childhood obesity

When the defendant was female, men were more likely to find her guilty if she was obese than if she was lean.

Guilty or innocent?

Around a fifth of women are obese and extreme morbid obesity (a BMI above 40) is getting more and more common.