obese
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- obesely adverb
- obeseness noun
- obesity noun
- overobese adjective
- overobesely adverb
- overobeseness noun
- superobese adjective
- unobese adjective
- unobesely adverb
- unobeseness noun
Etymology
Origin of obese
First recorded in 1645–55; from Latin obēsus, adjective use of past participle of obedere, obesse (unrecorded) “to eat away,” from ob- ob- + edere, esse “to eat” ( eat )
Example Sentences
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The term obese describes a person with excess body fat.
From BBC
Full body images are also requested to confirm the person is obese.
From BBC
Intermittent fasting does not appear to help overweight or obese adults lose more weight than standard diet advice or even no structured program at all, according to a new Cochrane review.
From Science Daily
Intermittent fasting may not help people who are overweight or obese lose weight, a large review suggests.
From BBC
The company said it’s starting a Phase III program on the oral drug elecoglipron after it said obese or overweight participants with at least one comorbidity met the primary endpoint in a Phase IIb trial.
From MarketWatch
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