obesity

Sometimes o·beseness

[oh-bee-si-tee]

noun

1. the condition of being very fat or overweight; corpulence.

   His obesity puts him at risk for major health problems.

obesity

1. The condition of being obese; increased body weight caused by excessive accumulation of fat.

Other Word Forms

• antiobesity adjective
• overobesity noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of obesity¹

First recorded in 1605–15; from Middle French obésité, from Latin obēsitāt-, stem of obēsitās, equivalent to obēs(us) obese ( def. ) + -i- ( def. ) + -tās -ty ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Better outcomes were linked to being physically active, not smoking, sleeping well, and avoiding chronic conditions such as obesity, diabetes, arthritis, or osteoporosis.

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We thought of this as normal aging, but poor sleep increases dementia risk, as well as the risk of obesity, diabetes and depression.

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With pharma companies desperate to fill up uninspiring drug pipelines, there has been no lack of deals in recent weeks, including a $4.9 billion obesity acquisition by Pfizer in late September.

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Michaels hiked with Kennedy in Los Angeles’ Mandeville Canyon last year but was too busy talking to him about how to combat the nation’s obesity problem to ask why he was wearing jeans, she said.

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Conducted in mice, the research points to new possibilities for using brown fat to address metabolic conditions such as insulin resistance and obesity.

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