overweight

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The trial evaluated the therapy’s efficacy and safety on adults who are overweight and had other medical conditions such as type 2 diabetes, chronic pain and cardiovascular issues.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

“We continue to like financials and also have a good overweight in consumer-discretionary companies,” says Basak Yavuz, the Goldman fund’s co-manager.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Asset allocation, Currie emphasized, is a zero-sum game: “You cannot be overweight everything.”

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

The NHS recommends the jabs for people who are overweight with obesity-related health risks, not people who just want to get a bit thinner.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

He was not a large man, but he liked to eat, and he believed himself to be overweight.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston