overweight

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The asset manager is slightly overweight to Japan in its allocations, partly because the yen is at a 40-year low.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 2, 2026

His doctor told him earlier this spring he could benefit from Zepbound because he was about 25 to 35 pounds overweight and has elevated blood sugar that puts him at risk of diabetes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026

“That’s still a lot of people, but it’s not nearly as many people as might otherwise qualify if the program were offered to anybody with obesity, or overweight, in the Medicare program,” Cubanski says.

From Barron's • Jun. 30, 2026

Prolonged sitting can increase the risk, external of being overweight and developing heart disease and type 2 diabetes, say experts.

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2026

He was sallow and overweight and had a style of kvetching that got under the skin of many officers.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover