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n. - More than average fatness.

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Usage examples (31)
  • The term obesity was constructed by the medical community, Kwan says.
  • But Good feels remorse for his part in what he calls the obesity of the time.
  • What's more, "obesity" is neither a bona fide medical diagnosis nor a dummy variable (e.g., the way that "diabetes" or "HIV+" are).
  • The rise in obesity is associated with a rogue’s gallery of individual, social, and technological factors.
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