obese

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No. It was really interesting because there was a scene where a guy comes in who is really obese and has diverticulitis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Government data released March last year shows 24 percent of women and 23 percent of men are overweight or obese in India.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

Flegal has faced criticism for research that found people with a BMI between 30 and 34.9, which is considered obese, had lower mortality rates than people who were considered overweight.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

Earlier studies have shown that children are more likely to develop obesity if their parents are obese.

From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026

Ignatius had always had a poor sense of balance, and ever since his obese childhood, he had suffered a tendency to fall, trip, and stumble.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole