obese
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Agricultural economies of the past were plagued by malnutrition; today the roughly 1% of U.S. workers in agriculture are productive enough to make us obese.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
About 75% of Americans were overweight or obese in 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 21, 2026
Around a third of UK adults - more than 16m - are obese.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
It is expected to be available via private prescription within weeks as an alternative to weekly injections for overweight or obese adults, Novo Nordisk said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Ignatius had always had a poor sense of balance, and ever since his obese childhood, he had suffered a tendency to fall, trip, and stumble.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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