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obese

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7
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8
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/oʊˈbis/
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/oʊˈbis/ · /əʊˈbiːs/(UK) · /əˈbiːs/(UK)

Definition of obese

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Extremely overweight, especially: weighing more than 20% (for men) or 25% (for women) over their conventionally ideal weight determined by height and build; or, having a body mass index over 30 kg/m².
    “The president, being 74, a man and someone categorised as obese, is in a higher-risk category for Covid-19.”
    “But it can be recalled that Locsin earlier called out DepEd for seemingly being “unaffected” by the actions of a teacher who body-shamed her by describing her ^([sic]) “an obese person” in a Physical Education (PE) educational material after the agency issued an apology.”
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adj

  1. Extremely overweight, especially: weighing more than 20% (for men) or 25% (for women) over their conventionally ideal weight determined by height and build; or, having a body mass index over 30 kg/m².
    “The president, being 74, a man and someone categorised as obese, is in a higher-risk category for Covid-19.”
    “But it can be recalled that Locsin earlier called out DepEd for seemingly being “unaffected” by the actions of a teacher who body-shamed her by describing her ^([sic]) “an obese person” in a Physical Education (PE) educational material after the agency issued an apology.”

noun

  1. A person who is obese.
    “Despite a large scattering of HR decay rate, even present in healthy subjects, a ₂ and ΔHR were significantly lower in obeses and COPDs.”
    “Subjects were grouped as Group 1 and Group 2 according to VAI, and normals, overweights and obeses according to BMI.”

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Etymology

From Latin obēsus, derived from obedō (“to devour, eat away”), from ob (“away”) + edō (“to eat”). Displaced native Old English oferfǣtt (literally “overfat”).

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