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obese

adjective as in very overweight

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Latest official figures suggest that one in 10 children in England is obese when they go to primary school at the age of four or five.

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And obesity rates in children and adults show no signs of going down either, with nearly two-thirds of people in the UK overweight or obese.

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In contrast, obese mice show elevated levels of HSL within the nucleus, suggesting a shift in this regulatory system.

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Combining low doses of the drug tirzepatide, a "dual agonist" that works, in part, by activating GLP-1 receptors, with the hormone oxytocin results in weight loss without gastrointestinal side effects in obese rats.

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The team then tested RAGE406R in a widely used model for chronic diabetes complications: delayed wound healing in obese mice with Type 2 diabetes.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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