obesity
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The discovery builds on earlier experiments in mice, in which switching off Mitch in muscle tissue increased energy expenditure, improved endurance, and protected the animals from diet-related obesity.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
She had obesity and other chronic conditions and met the criteria to take it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Moran said obesity should be treated as a serious health condition, like diabetes.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Conversely, obesity is more common among women, particularly in developing countries.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
Today’s affluent societies are in the throes of a plague of obesity, which is rapidly spreading to developing countries.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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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