fatty
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Long used for weight loss and diabetes, the Food and Drug Administration has approved certain GLP-1s for additional uses, including obstructive sleep apnea, chronic kidney disease and severe fatty liver disease.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
But other drugs in Roche’s pipeline such as enicepatide for obesity, pegozafermin for fatty liver disease and fenebrutinib for multiple sclerosis could see upgrades to consensus expectations, they add.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
In the mouse tests, the researchers injected the liver cells and microspheres into fatty tissue called the perigonadal adipose tissue.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
Unlike fat stored under the skin, lipid droplets that accumulate within muscle cells can interfere with normal muscle function and make it harder for the body to efficiently use glucose and fatty acids.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 5, 2026
These are essential fatty acids and they are very important for human health.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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I’d probably be considered a bad fatty and so would a lot of other fatties I know.
From Time ● Jan. 5, 2015
And I know it's a morality tale like Shockheaded Peter, but those children were bullies and pyromaniacs, not shy fatties.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 26, 2013
Pigeons don’t migrate, though, and despite their seasonal weight gain, birds tend not to be among the world’s top fatties.
From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2012
“No. They’re sports stars, actors, artists. The men with stringy hair are musicians, I think. The really ugly ones are politicians, and someone told me the fatties are mostly comedians.”
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
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Say, all the fifty-seven varieties was represented,—tall ones, short ones, thin ones,219 plump ones, and plain fatties.
From Torchy by George Brehm
It could be that processing the ground pork patties, which involved grinding the meat and adding the fattier meat to the lean, affected the kinetics of digestion.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2025
“Oils are added to products to help create a creamier, fattier flavor profile,” she says.
From Seattle Times ● May 2, 2024
They often import lean beef from countries such as Australia and New Zealand to blend with fattier U.S. supplies to make hamburgers.
From Reuters ● Nov. 10, 2023
In this recipe, she notes that instead of buying chicken stock, she simmers boneless, skinless chicken thighs — fattier and more flavorful than the breast meat — with aromatics to create a base.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 10, 2023
He can never more be in danger, unless he suffers fatty degeneration of the heart or fattier degeneration of the head.
From Comic Bible Sketches Reprinted from "The Freethinker" by G. W. (George William) Foote
The brain is the body's fattiest organ, with fatty compounds called lipids making up 60% of its weight.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 5, 2024
Chinook are the biggest, fattiest and highest-quality salmon.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 31, 2023
Many people nowadays shy from eating pork, especially the fattiest parts, but it serves as the base and the literal meat and bones of Hoppin’ John.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 23, 2022
Cold water produces the biggest, fattiest varieties of zooplankton.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 15, 2020
A lumbering, chunky beast clad in a sheep-like coat of hair, it is the hairiest and fattiest of pigs.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 27, 2019