Obesity
noun
Being very overweight, with a lot of body fat.
A diet high in sugar and fat can lead to obesity.
Often appears as...
- fight against obesity
- obesity epidemic
noun
Medical condition where a person's body weight is much higher than what is healthy.
Obesity is often associated with an increased risk of heart disease.
Often appears as...
- obesity-related illnesses
- obesity prevention
Usage tips
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Academic
noun
Being very overweight, with a lot of body fat.
A diet high in sugar and fat can lead to obesity.
Often appears as...
- fight against obesity
- obesity epidemic
noun
Medical condition where a person's body weight is much higher than what is healthy.
Obesity is often associated with an increased risk of heart disease.
Often appears as...
- obesity-related illnesses
- obesity prevention
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The word 'obesity' carries a negative feeling, suggesting poor health and possible judgement.
Comments about someone's obesity can be hurtful and are considered impolite.
Pro Tip 2/3Collocation Importance
Use 'obesity' with words like 'epidemic' and 'rates' to discuss it as a social issue.
The government is tracking obesity rates as part of their health initiative.
Pro Tip 3/3Public Health Context
Use 'obesity' to talk about health at a community or population level, not just individuals.
Obesity in children is a growing concern for public health officials.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The word 'obesity' carries a negative feeling, suggesting poor health and possible judgement.
Comments about someone's obesity can be hurtful and are considered impolite.
Pro Tip 2/3Collocation Importance
Use 'obesity' with words like 'epidemic' and 'rates' to discuss it as a social issue.
The government is tracking obesity rates as part of their health initiative.
Pro Tip 3/3Public Health Context
Use 'obesity' to talk about health at a community or population level, not just individuals.
Obesity in children is a growing concern for public health officials.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The word 'obesity' carries a negative feeling, suggesting poor health and possible judgement.
Comments about someone's obesity can be hurtful and are considered impolite.
Pro Tip 2/3Collocation Importance
Use 'obesity' with words like 'epidemic' and 'rates' to discuss it as a social issue.
The government is tracking obesity rates as part of their health initiative.
Pro Tip 3/3Public Health Context
Use 'obesity' to talk about health at a community or population level, not just individuals.
Obesity in children is a growing concern for public health officials.
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Video examples
Ellen Gustafson: Obesity...
It's actually been spreading all around the world and mainly through our kind of food systems that we're exporting. The numbers are pretty crazy. There's a billion people obese or overweight and a billion people hungry. So those seem like two bifurcated problems, but I kind of started to think about, you know, what is obesity and hunger?
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Is the obesity crisis...
me if I was supposedly doing everything right if the conventional wisdom about nutrition had failed me was it possible it was failing someone else and underlying these questions I became almost maniacally obsessed in trying to understand the real relationship between obesity and insulin
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What is obesity? - Mia...
Recent studies have also found a link between obesity and variations in the bacteria species that live in our digestive systems. No matter the cause, obesity is an escalating global epidemic. It substantially raises the probability of diseases, like diabetes, heart disease,
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This Is Your Brain on...
from the natural world. And there are... physical as well as mental and some of these include spreading epidemic of myopia. If you don't get enough sunlight on your eyeballs they grow longer and we get myopia. We have rising levels of obesity and diabetes,
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Nicholas Christakis: The...
and so ubiquitous, in fact, that one has to ask what purpose they serve. Why are we embedded in social networks? I mean, how do they form? How do they operate? And how do they effect us? So my first topic with respect to this, was not death, but obesity.
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What is MSG, and is it...
could be linked to obesity, and it is possible that binging MSG produces headaches, chest pains, or heart palpitations for some people. But for most diners, a moderate amount of this savory seasoning seems like a safe way to make life a little tastier.
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Launching a Food...
that looks like 80% obesity in the city we're talking we're talking about parents are livid because there's not even clean fresh water in school it's like a third world country respectively respectively so what I'm saying is this is the time this
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Mads Tang-Christensen:...
I've been studying what we eat, when we eat and how much we eat. And probably more importantly, I've been studying how each of our unique bodies responds differently to the same food and the same environment. To be more precise, I study obesity.
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Simple Sex and the Birth...
so monopolized the matings but the mates of the little cheats could only produce viable offspring if they grew fat to compensate for their partner's lack of provision now one sex was on a path to obesity the other two athletic swimming
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Teach every child about...
But you know what? Her father, who was obese, died in her arms, And then the second most important man in her life, her uncle, died of obesity, and now her step-dad is obese. You see, the thing is, obesity and diet-related disease
Video examples
Ellen Gustafson: Obesity...
It's actually been spreading all around the world and mainly through our kind of food systems that we're exporting. The numbers are pretty crazy. There's a billion people obese or overweight and a billion people hungry. So those seem like two bifurcated problems, but I kind of started to think about, you know, what is obesity and hunger?
Video examples
Is the obesity crisis...
me if I was supposedly doing everything right if the conventional wisdom about nutrition had failed me was it possible it was failing someone else and underlying these questions I became almost maniacally obsessed in trying to understand the real relationship between obesity and insulin
Video examples
What is obesity? - Mia...
Recent studies have also found a link between obesity and variations in the bacteria species that live in our digestive systems. No matter the cause, obesity is an escalating global epidemic. It substantially raises the probability of diseases, like diabetes, heart disease,
Video examples
This Is Your Brain on...
from the natural world. And there are... physical as well as mental and some of these include spreading epidemic of myopia. If you don't get enough sunlight on your eyeballs they grow longer and we get myopia. We have rising levels of obesity and diabetes,
Video examples
Nicholas Christakis: The...
and so ubiquitous, in fact, that one has to ask what purpose they serve. Why are we embedded in social networks? I mean, how do they form? How do they operate? And how do they effect us? So my first topic with respect to this, was not death, but obesity.
Video examples
What is MSG, and is it...
could be linked to obesity, and it is possible that binging MSG produces headaches, chest pains, or heart palpitations for some people. But for most diners, a moderate amount of this savory seasoning seems like a safe way to make life a little tastier.
Video examples
Launching a Food...
that looks like 80% obesity in the city we're talking we're talking about parents are livid because there's not even clean fresh water in school it's like a third world country respectively respectively so what I'm saying is this is the time this
Video examples
Mads Tang-Christensen:...
I've been studying what we eat, when we eat and how much we eat. And probably more importantly, I've been studying how each of our unique bodies responds differently to the same food and the same environment. To be more precise, I study obesity.
Video examples
Simple Sex and the Birth...
so monopolized the matings but the mates of the little cheats could only produce viable offspring if they grew fat to compensate for their partner's lack of provision now one sex was on a path to obesity the other two athletic swimming
Video examples
Teach every child about...
But you know what? Her father, who was obese, died in her arms, And then the second most important man in her life, her uncle, died of obesity, and now her step-dad is obese. You see, the thing is, obesity and diet-related disease
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Quote examples
Nicole Ari Parker
American Actress
We're all moving at such a high rate that we have to grab the frozen dinners and the McDonald's. We can't make it a way of life - we have to get back to real, simple, clean good foods. It will save our lives on so many levels; not just spina bifida, but obesity, diabetes, everything. Food is our medicine.
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Tom Colicchio
American Chef
This is what people don't understand: obesity is a symptom of poverty. It's not a lifestyle choice where people are just eating and not exercising. It's because kids - and this is the problem with school lunch right now - are getting sugar, fat, empty calories - lots of calories - but no nutrition.
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Robert Redford
American Actor
The way you really find out about the performer's seriousness about the cause is how long they stay with it when the spotlight gets turned off. You see a lot of celebrities switch gears. They go from the environment to animal rights to obesity or whatever. That I don't have a lot of respect for.
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Jillian Michaels
American Athlete
You can be predisposed genetically, but it's not a sentence. I'm genetically predisposed, but I manage my weight. The root of obesity, though, is usually emotional. The poor habits are a symptom of a deeper emotional issue.
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S. Jay Olshansky
American Scientist
Once you avoid the things that accelerate aging like smoking, obesity, excessive alcohol consumption, and excessive sun exposure, you've done about as much as you can to influence your aging process.
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John Seabrook
American Journalist
In the nineteen-eighties, rates of obesity started to rise sharply in the U.S. and around the world. By the nineteen-nineties, obesity reached epidemic proportions.
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Shannon Miller
American Athlete
The rate of childhood obesity is just ridiculous. Anytime I can get involved with teaching them how to get physical exercise, I want to help in any way possible.
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Jeremy Kyle
English Journalist
A lot of the problems in society nowadays are down to diet and lifestyle - be that obesity, diabetes, asthma caused by smoking or drinking.
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Stephen Furst
American Actor
I finally admitted that obesity and diabetes were part of a life-threatening legacy - and I had to deal with that reality or die.
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Risa Lavizzo-Mourey
American Businesswoman
The causes of obesity are varied and complex, but the lack of daily physical activity is an important factor.
Quote examples
Nicole Ari Parker
American Actress
We're all moving at such a high rate that we have to grab the frozen dinners and the McDonald's. We can't make it a way of life - we have to get back to real, simple, clean good foods. It will save our lives on so many levels; not just spina bifida, but obesity, diabetes, everything. Food is our medicine.
Quote examples
Tom Colicchio
American Chef
This is what people don't understand: obesity is a symptom of poverty. It's not a lifestyle choice where people are just eating and not exercising. It's because kids - and this is the problem with school lunch right now - are getting sugar, fat, empty calories - lots of calories - but no nutrition.
Quote examples
Robert Redford
American Actor
The way you really find out about the performer's seriousness about the cause is how long they stay with it when the spotlight gets turned off. You see a lot of celebrities switch gears. They go from the environment to animal rights to obesity or whatever. That I don't have a lot of respect for.
Quote examples
Jillian Michaels
American Athlete
You can be predisposed genetically, but it's not a sentence. I'm genetically predisposed, but I manage my weight. The root of obesity, though, is usually emotional. The poor habits are a symptom of a deeper emotional issue.
Quote examples
S. Jay Olshansky
American Scientist
Once you avoid the things that accelerate aging like smoking, obesity, excessive alcohol consumption, and excessive sun exposure, you've done about as much as you can to influence your aging process.
Quote examples
John Seabrook
American Journalist
In the nineteen-eighties, rates of obesity started to rise sharply in the U.S. and around the world. By the nineteen-nineties, obesity reached epidemic proportions.
Quote examples
Shannon Miller
American Athlete
The rate of childhood obesity is just ridiculous. Anytime I can get involved with teaching them how to get physical exercise, I want to help in any way possible.
Quote examples
Jeremy Kyle
English Journalist
A lot of the problems in society nowadays are down to diet and lifestyle - be that obesity, diabetes, asthma caused by smoking or drinking.
Quote examples
Stephen Furst
American Actor
I finally admitted that obesity and diabetes were part of a life-threatening legacy - and I had to deal with that reality or die.
Quote examples
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey
American Businesswoman
The causes of obesity are varied and complex, but the lack of daily physical activity is an important factor.
Example 1 of 10
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