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clinically obese

adjective

  1. the state at which being overweight causes medical complications

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Prof Sir Jim Mann, co-director of the Edgar Diabetes and Obesity Research Centre, in Otago, New Zealand, said the emphasis was likely to be "on the needs of those who are defined as clinically obese" and the limited funding was "very likely" to be directed towards them.

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At least 2.8 million people die every year from being overweight or clinically obese.

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My youngest sister has gradually become clinically obese.

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Seventy-four years old and clinically obese, Trump appears eager to prove his virility.

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Maddock, who was clinically obese, had diabetes and high blood pressure, which he received medication for.

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