obesitynoun [ U ]
uk/əʊˈbiː.sə.ti/us/oʊˈbiː.sə.t̬i/C1 the fact of being extremely fat, in a way that is dangerous for health:
The National Institute of Health is discussing ways of tackling the problem of childhood obesity.
A diet that is high in fat and sugar can lead to obesity.
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Animal physiology: fat or well-built
- ample
- baby fat
- beefy
- blubber
- broad in the beam idiom
- buxom
- chubby
- fatness
- fatten sb/sth up
- fatty
- flab
- heavyset
- husky
- meaty
- middle-age spread
- pudgy
- puppy fat
- rotund
- well built
- zaftig
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