Synonyms for obesity
obe·si·ty

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1. obesity

   Synonyms:
   fatness, fleshiness, corpulence, plumpness, corpulency, embonpoint

   Antonyms:
   leanness, thinness

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1. fleshiness, obesity, corpulencynoun

   more than average fatness

   Synonyms:
   fleshiness, corpulency

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1. obesitynoun

   Synonyms:
   fleshiness, fatness, corpulence, corpulency, plumpness, EMBONPOINT

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1. List of paraphrases for "obesity":

   obese, fatness, overweight

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1. obesity

   Synonyms:
   Obesitas

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1. Deb Galuska:

   We don't know the reason, there's been a big emphasis on obesity issues though a variety of channels.

2. Natalie Muth:

   Kids who don't drink water are more likely to get their fluids elsewhere, all The American Heart Association takes is an extra 70 calories or so per day for a child to gain excess weight and be at risk for overweight or obesity.

3. Kevin Thomas:

   Acculturation to the U.S. has led to decreased activity, obesity and worse health outcomes.

4. Christopher Ochner:

   We don't have enough treatments to address our underlying biology [ of obesity ], we would like to see other, safer, more widely available treatments.

5. David Meyre:

   For the study, we focused on monogenic forms of obesity.