fat
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Novo is studying whether one of its experimental drugs, CagriSema, can cut belly fat as it helps people lose weight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Once the chicken is cooked, I pull it out to shred later, while the vegetables underneath — softened in chicken fat, lemon and all those browned juices — become the base of the soup.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
He said that in the wild, ducks gorge before migration and store fat in their livers and argues that "gavage" -- the process of force-feeding -- is a traditional means of animal husbandry.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
A study in mice now suggests that the drug may improve metabolism directly by activating brown adipose tissue, a form of fat that specializes in using energy.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
It was creamy with bits of yellow fat, even though the cow was thin as a rail.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
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"There is little difference nutritionally between canned and fresh food in terms of macronutrients, like carbohydrates, protein, fats, and fibre, as well as fat-soluble vitamins, like vitamin A and E, and minerals," she says.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
That’s ironic since California’s low-carbon fuel standard was intended to increase production of diesel from non-petroleum sources like vegetable oil and animal fats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Current dietary guidance generally recommends keeping saturated fat below 10% of daily calories and choosing unsaturated fats when possible.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
Some cosmetics, medicines and supplements contain gelatin, animal fats, alcohol or other ingredients whose origins matter to observant consumers.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
All the while, little cytoplasmic factories work 24/7, cranking out sugars, fats, proteins, and energy to keep the whole thing running and feed the nucleus—the brains of the operation.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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Retailers like private-label products because they allow the chains to undercut competitors on price, control production and advertising costs, and deliver fatter margins, retail analysts say.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Campbell says they "played around" with how much the ball was blown up, adding: "In previous weeks it was actually a bit fatter, and then this week it definitely feels smaller."
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
I never became “unrecognizable,” and I spent more time than I’d like to admit looking at myself in the mirror and comparing what I saw to photos of the younger, fatter version of myself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
“We’re getting fatter and dumber, and our mental health is deteriorating,” the author writes, which is what “a half century-plus of mass-affluence consumerism has brought us.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
He was even fatter than before, but the dreamy smile on his face was just the same.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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“It’s the early Christian that gets the fattest lion.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
This is partly why she pursued the research: She wanted to figure out what characterizes the few with the fattest paychecks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
The fattest part of the barrel is actually closer to the handle, with the idea of redistributing more mass to an area where some hitters make more frequent contact.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2025
“America has now become the fattest nation in the world. Congratulations,” a voice narrates.
From New York Times ● May 12, 2024
But after five minutes of pinching my skin and studying every angle in the reflection, I see the fattest person in the world.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
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Finally, with the infrastructure in place and the new money flowing, the Dodgers then opened their fatted wallet for the players that created the championship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2024
The film also captures a tradition that would soon disappear from New Orleans Mardi Gras — the “boeuf gras,” or fatted ox, paraded around the city.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2022
But Thomas' birdie came after a series of miscues, including a fatted fairway wood that barely cleared the penalty area.
From Golf Digest ● Jan. 5, 2020
Overfull, teaming, something fatted and overfed, like livestock.”
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2015
I could tell he had not considered the possibility that all the fatted ships he had traveled so far to plunder might be at the bottom of the sea by the time he got there.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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"I had three weeks off after the US Open and you probably saw a little bit on Thursday I was fatting a few shots," said Hatton.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2023
Even when steep swingers hit it solid, they take deep divots—they're always on the verge of fatting it.
From Golf Digest ● Mar. 13, 2017
As to fatting turkeys, the best way is, never to let them be poor.
From Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend by William Cobbett
It is then ready for use, to be carried to the pigs in the stalls alongside the fatting beasts.
From The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock by Sir Charles Alexander Cameron
Amongst these ideas which the old-fashioned ones looked upon as fads, was that of feeding pigs of all ages and especially fatting pigs on a certain proportion of vegetable food.
From The Pig Breeding, Rearing, and Marketing by Sanders Spencer
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