obeseo‧bese /əʊˈbiːs $ oʊ-/ ●○○ adjective 
Word Origin
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Word OriginWORD ORIGINobese
ExamplesOrigin:
1600-1700 Latin obesus, past participle of obedere ‘to eat up’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- a special summer camp for obese children and teens
- At least 25% of Americans are considered obese.
- Glenda is not just fat, she's obese.
- He may not be clinically obese, but he certainly needs to lose a lot of weight.
- If these lives are sedentary then we risk becoming unfit and obese.
- In some age-groups more than 50 % of women were obese.
- It is helpful to classify patients with Type 2 diabetes into obese and non-obese.
- Morbidly obese, the doctors said.
- Regularity of meals remains important, especially for the obese.
- Tables 7-1 and 7-2 include examples of the obese infant and obese child.
- The care bill for obese people is larger than that for victims of tobacco smoking.
- Those who were out-and-out obese had a 40 percent higher risk.
THESAURUS► fat
Collocations having too much flesh on your body. It is rude to tell someone that they are fat. It is also better not to use any of these words when talking directly to someone about their body: · She thinks she’s fat.· He looks the same, just a little fatter.
► overweight weighing more than you should: · Many medical conditions are caused by being overweight.· She was several kilos overweight.
► big/large used when saying that someone has a big body. Large is more common than big in written English: · My father was a big man.· two large ladies
► obese extremely fat in a way that is dangerous to your health: · He went to a summer camp for obese teenagers.
► chubby slightly fat in a nice-looking way – used especially about babies and children: · A chubby little baby was playing on the rug.
► plump a woman or child who is plump is slightly fat, especially in a pleasant way: · Her mother was a plump cheerful woman.
► flabby having soft loose skin that looks unattractive: · a flabby stomach· Her body was getting old and flabby.
► portly literary fat and round – used especially about fairly old men: · The bishop was a portly middle-aged gentleman.
Longman Language Activatorextremely fat► obese extremely fat in a way that is dangerous to your health: · Glenda is not just fat, she's obese. · a special summer camp for obese children and teensclinically obese (=obese according to medical measurements): · He may not be clinically obese, but he certainly needs to lose a lot of weight.
► obesity the condition of being too fat in a way that is dangerous to your health - used especially in medical contexts: · Obesity can lead to heart disorders and other health problems.· The program is aimed at reducing obesity among women.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► morbidly
very fat in a way that is unhealthy· The mean mass of meal consumed was 557 g for the normal and 308 g for the morbidly obese subjects.· There were 24 patients -- 19 women, five men, all fat. Morbidly obese, the doctors said.· There is a higher suicide rate among weight-loss surgery patients than there is among the morbidly obese.
NOUN► patient· In this study, we found that in obese patients psyllium moderately but significantly delays gastric emptying of a solid meal.· Allen King in Salinas has also adopted a new approach to helping his obese patients improve the quality of their lives.
► people· The care bill for obese people is larger than that for victims of tobacco smoking.
► subject· The mean mass of meal consumed was 557 g for the normal and 308 g for the morbidly obese subjects.· Total energy content should be adjusted to obtain weight loss in obese subjects.
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