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

It is also approved for adolescents aged 12 and older with obesity and a body weight above 60 kg.

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The company recently announced plans to slash 9,000 jobs, or 11%, of its workforce, under a new restructuring effort to cut costs and focus resources on growth opportunities in obesity and diabetes.

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Meanwhile, Medicare currently covers GLP-1 drugs for people with a diagnosis of diabetes or cardiovascular disease and who also have obesity or who are overweight, but not for the treatment of obesity itself.

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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made fighting obesity and accompanying chronic diseases one of the primary goals of his Make America Healthy Again agenda.

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One challenge in India, doctors say, is the way people perceive obesity - and how that shapes attitudes toward weight loss.

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