overweight
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Stronger associations were also seen among participants who were more physically active and among those who were not overweight or obese.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
Public Health Minister Maree Todd noted that two out of three Scottish adults are overweight or obese, with those living in the poorest areas worst affected.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Lacalle recommends an overweight exposure to the U.S. and technology — basically to the AI theme.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
According to the NHS, data from 2024 showed that 15% of children in the UK were obese, and 26% were overweight.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
At one time in his life he had been a little overweight, but all his digging and sweating had long since burned away any excess fat.
From "Small Steps" by Louis Sachar
He said they see better diversifiers within financials and healthcare — their two biggest sector overweights.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 15, 2026
All of which means that investors seeking exposure should either buy a dedicated Latin America fund or an actively managed emerging markets fund that overweights the region.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2025
If she overweights these achievements, it may be because people are so disinclined to give her any credit.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 28, 2020
“My overweights change based on where I find good investments, and I see great stuff in tech now.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2017
In truth, Mr. Benny as a regrater fell disastrously short of success, being prone to sell at monstrous overweights, which ate up the profits.
From Shining Ferry by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Information technology and communication services, which we overweighted for a long time, moved back to market weight toward the end of last year.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
Consider rebalancing portfolios by trimming overweighted positions and rotating into small and mid-cap stocks or bonds.
From Barron's ● Nov. 18, 2025
If a training data has an overrepresentation of any gender or ethnicity, the features that distinguish that group may be overweighted.
From New York Times ● Nov. 6, 2018
Maybe they overweighted cost of living, climate and activities too much.
From Forbes ● Sep. 5, 2014
Since the canoe is as round-bottomed as the trunk from which it was carved, the least imbalance in weight distribution tips the canoe toward the overweighted side.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Are investing algorithms flawed because they are likely overweighting historically atypical data?
From Barron's ● Apr. 15, 2026
Bank of America strategists are overweighting financials and healthcare along with materials but are keeping tech stocks at market weight, citing concerns over an artificial-intelligence bubble.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 8, 2025
"Some sovereign wealth funds are overweighting China," he said.
From Reuters ● Oct. 10, 2023
This is exactly what would be expected if hallucinations in psychosis depended on an overweighting of perceptual priors so that they overwhelmed sensory prediction errors, unmooring perceptual best guesses from their causes in the world.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 27, 2019
The front wheels are sinking faster, overweighting the harness.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
