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OBESITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
More than average fatness
Synonyms:
corpulency; fleshiness; obesity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("obesity" is a kind of...):
avoirdupois; blubber; fat; fatness (excess bodily weight)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "obesity"):
adiposis; corpulence; overweight; stoutness (the property of excessive fatness)
exogenous obesity (obesity caused by overeating)
embonpoint; plumpness; roundness (the bodily property of being well rounded)
Derivation:
obese (excessively fat)
Context examples:
Obesity means having too much body fat.
(Obesity, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
In normal rodents, a high-fat diet leads to high levels and free fatty acids and PPAR-gamma activation in white adipose tissue, stimulating fat uptake, adipogenesis and obesity.
(Obesity and Thermogenesis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
They include growth problems (in children), obesity (in adults), hair loss, slow heart rate, low blood sugar, low blood pressure, fatigue, and problems with reproduction.
(Panhypopituitarism, NCI Dictionary)
Mutations and dysfunction in the gene is associated with obesity.
(NR0B2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
The combined condition of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease is sometimes referred to as the metabolic syndrome.
(Metabolic Syndrome Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
Some conditions that doctors commonly screen for include: • Breast cancer and cervical cancer in women • Colorectal cancer • Diabetes • High blood pressure • High cholesterol • Osteoporosis • Overweight and obesity
(Health Screening, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
The risk of certain heart diseases may be increased by smoking, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, unhealthy diet, lack of exercise, and obesity.
(Heart disease, NCI Dictionary)
It is usually associated with steatosis and obesity.
(Inflammatory Hepatocellular Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Causes include pregnancy, obesity, and penicillamine therapy.
(Breast Hypertrophy, NCI Thesaurus)
Obesity is not simply a result of food intake alone.
(International Research Team Finds Correlation Between Genetics and Obesity Is Modified by Diet, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
