The term obesity was constructed by the medical community, Kwan says.    From Wordnik.com.  [GEN News Highlights] Reference

But Good feels remorse for his part in what he calls the obesity of the time.    From Wordnik.com.  [NPR Topics: News]

What's more, "obesity" is neither a bona fide medical diagnosis nor a dummy variable (e.g., the way that "diabetes" or "HIV+" are).    From Wordnik.com.  [Do the Overweight Pull Their Weight?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

The rise in obesity is associated with a rogue’s gallery of individual, social, and technological factors.    From Wordnik.com.  [Beating Obesity] Reference

Childhood obesity is up and schools are cutting recess.    From Wordnik.com.  [Children at Play - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference

Hmmm. If obesity is contagious, what else is contagious?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hmmm...] Reference

From what I understand, obesity is increasing in Mexico.    From Wordnik.com.  [Is traditional Mexican cuisine bad for you?] Reference

Child obesity is a crisis and we need to treat it as one.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand: Rachael Ray Goes To Washington] Reference

And obviously, obesity is a lot easier to see than alcoholism.    From Wordnik.com.  [Do the Overweight Pull Their Weight?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

Now that we have such easy access to calories, obesity is an epidemic.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why Are Women More Likely to Be Obese Than Men? - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference

An article making the rounds argues that obesity is socially-contagious.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hmmm...] Reference

She called obesity "one of the biggest threats to the American economy.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News - UPI.com] Reference

I think obesity is something that most people have a ton of control over.    From Wordnik.com.  [Charlotte Hilton Andersen: Marie Claire Says TV Show About "Fatties" Is Socially Irresponsible] Reference

You know what has correlated perfectly with increases in obesity in Japan?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ups and Downs of Weight-Loss Surgery - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference

Weight gain during pregnancy associated with long-term obesity for mothers.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Mothers working part-time have healthiest kids: study] Reference

Take one look at the family and you can see that obesity is not a problem.    From Wordnik.com.  [No Change Brewing in the White House Kitchen - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference

Public health officials fear an explosion in obesity-related health problems.    From Wordnik.com.  [Weight gains as a health concern] Reference

Childhood obesity is an enormous problem that only seems to be getting worse.    From Wordnik.com.  [Darell Hammond: Five Major Players in the Fight Against Childhood Obesity] Reference

The real way to fight child obesity is through food education, yes, but also sport.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-08-01] Reference

obesity, especially childhood obesity, is a health-care crisis, which is exploding.    From Wordnik.com.  [Taking Control of Our Own Health] Reference

One such little known factor that increases the risk for obesity is short sleep duration.    From Wordnik.com.  [StreetInsider.com News Articles] Reference

As a result, in the twenty-first century, obesity is no longer just a First World disease.    From Wordnik.com.  [The War on Fat] Reference

I think obesity is a sign of increasingly better economic conditions, at least here in Oaxaca city.    From Wordnik.com.  [[Oscar2] It must be in the water] Reference

A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine documented the sad fact that obesity is contagious.    From Wordnik.com.  [August 2007] Reference

MOST BULGING BELLIES are anything but pretty, except in the world of blue catfish, where obesity is beautiful.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fighting the James River Blues] Reference

Video games and TV still predominate to such a degree that childhood obesity is now a problem in North America.    From Wordnik.com.  [Childhood Games: Marbles and More « Colleen Anderson] Reference

"Before we had to broach the issue with the word obesity, which definitely has a negative image," Dr. Sakamoto said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Charlotte Hilton Andersen: Does Fat By Any Other Name Still Look Bad In Lycra?] Reference

COSTELLO: I was reading the description of your book, and it calls obesity "a baffling plague and a horrifying outbreak.".    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 29, 2002] Reference

Yale's Rudd Center for Food Policy & obesity has started a new blog for following the leading research in obesity studies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boing Boing: July 9, 2006 - July 15, 2006 Archives] Reference

The new statistics on diabetes are terrifying; obesity is now epidemic, heart disease, cancer, allergies ... all on the rise.    From Wordnik.com.  [Laurie David: The Family Dinner: Reviving an Endangered Ritual] Reference

The rise in obesity coincides with increased modernization and a worldwide explosion in the availability of highly processed foods.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Pelosi Welcomes Tea Partiers To Join Progressives In Fighting Against Special Interests] Reference