obese
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The National Survey for Wales published in May 2025 found that 33% of adults in the area were classed as obese.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
Those who developed obesity between ages 17 and 29 had about a 70 percent higher risk of premature death compared with people who did not become obese before age 60.
From Science Daily • Apr. 11, 2026
No. It was really interesting because there was a scene where a guy comes in who is really obese and has diverticulitis.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
Government data released March last year shows 24 percent of women and 23 percent of men are overweight or obese in India.
From Barron's • Mar. 20, 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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