obese
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The majority of those men are obese; fewer than 1% have an underlying disease or medical condition that results in lower than normal testosterone levels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Guernsey's Healthier Weight Strategy estimated more than 57% of adults in the bailiwick are overweight or obese, while it found almost a third of Year 5 children were living with excess weight.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
KFF, a nonpartisan health-research group, mapped Medicare claims and estimated 3.8 million seniors eligible, out of more than 13 million who are overweight or obese.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
About 75% of Americans were overweight or obese in 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 21, 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
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