overweight

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There’s an Irish airline executive named Michael O’Leary who so loves upcharges and cost-cutting that, over the years, he has floated selling standing-room flights, charging overweight passengers more, and installing coin-operated restrooms.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

In France, one in two adults is overweight or obese.

From Science Daily • Apr. 30, 2026

Earnings momentum is the fuel for an upgrade of U.S. stocks to overweight and simultaneous downgrade of European equities to neutral, according to one global bank.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026

But the study reveals that a decades-long pattern of people becoming more overweight is likely to play some role, even though it is far from the whole story.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

Lower-income women are more likely than other women to be overweight, though the pattern among men may be the opposite.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times