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obesity

[oh-bee-si-tee] / oʊˈbi sɪ ti /


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Moonwalk Biosciences, a South San Francisco, Calif.-based startup developing RNA interference medicines for obesity and cardiometabolic diseases, closed a $70 million Series B round.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

In 2024-25, 27.3% of children aged four to five were overweight or living with obesity.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

The anti-choking device also offers a rescue option for people with disabilities or other conditions like obesity or pregnancy that make established methods “impossible or impractical,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

Diabetes, obesity, and bipolar disorder frequently occur together and may share some underlying biological mechanisms.

From Science Daily Sep. 8, 2026

Here was an example of insane optimism coupled with the naive popular belief that a few hours of therapy can cure everything from chronic obesity to a lifetime of poverty.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

It does not require a Paxton to know that a hole in the stage two feet square, will not hold Barnum's obesities.

From Physiology of The Opera by John H. Swaby




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