overweight

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Magkos and Stefan say the evidence should encourage people with overweight or obesity not to abandon efforts to lose weight simply because maintaining weight loss can be difficult.

From Science Daily • May 17, 2026

Asset allocation, Currie emphasized, is a zero-sum game: “You cannot be overweight everything.”

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

Hedge funds are more overweight semiconductor stocks than at any point in the past decade.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

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

“Typical is a person in poor health. Someone with circulatory problems. Someone who’s old, overweight, or suffering from diabetes.”

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen