gain weight
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When people gain weight during life can play a major role in their health decades later.
From Science Daily • Apr. 11, 2026
And without careful tracking, people can gain weight, which increases “bad” cholesterol and eventually puts them at risk for heart attacks and strokes.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 10, 2026
"Worries about work, family, friendships and romances, about needing to lose weight or gain weight or exercise more. I think those moments dissolved even that last tiny bit of prejudice I still had."
From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026
When one toddler struggled to gain weight, my pediatrician recommended Pediasure, a supplemental shake.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025
She put the babies on a working basis and noted with satisfaction that they howled most of the time and began to gain weight.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
