| 单词 | obese |
| 释义 | obese (once / 1501 pages) adj Obese means excessively fat. In medical terms, it means you have a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or more, at which point your body's excess fat begins to threaten your health. In the last third of the 20th century and into the 21st, increasing numbers of Americans are obese, in what health professionals call "an obesity epidemic"; they attribute it to rising portion-sizes, increased consumption of processed food, the demise of family meals, and food marketing, among other factors. WORD FAMILYobese: obesely, obesity USAGE EXAMPLESBasically you sew together an obese mouse that is missing leptin with a slim mouse, surgically attaching their circulatory systems. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) And they are looking afresh at medical care for obese people. New York Times(May 02, 2016) It's possible, food historian Mosby says, to be both obese and malnourished. BBC(Dec 27, 2016) adj excessively fat Syn corpulent, rotund, weighty fat having an (over)abundance of flesh |
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