Obese Meaning
/oʊˈbis/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjExtremely overweight, especially: weighing more than 20% (for men) or 25% (for women) over their conventionally ideal weight determined by height and build; or, having a body mass index over 30 kg/m².
nounA person who is obese.
Sentence Examples
Many Americans are obese.
Woe to those who are obese in a society where slimness is the norm.
Some are just obese, others have a bonus goiter.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Due to a poor diet and no exercise, the cat became ____ and could barely move.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
A sedentary lifestyle and poor diet can lead to becoming ____, which increases health risks.
Word Origin & History
From Latin obēsus, derived from obedō (“to devour, eat away”), from ob (“away”) + edō (“to eat”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The president, being 74, a man and someone categorised as obese, is in a higher-risk category for Covid-19."
— 2020 October 3, Peter Bowes, “Trump spends first night in hospital after Covid-19 diagnosis”, in BBC:
"But it can be recalled that Locsin earlier called out DepEd for seemingly being “unaffected” by the actions of a teacher who body-shamed her by describing her ^([sic]) “an obese person” in a Physical Education (PE) educational material after the agency issued an apology."
— 2020, Christia Marie Ramos, “Teacher behind exam material body-shaming Angel Locsin undergoing admin probe — DepEd”, in Philippine Daily Inquirer:
"Despite a large scattering of HR decay rate, even present in healthy subjects, a ₂ and ΔHR were significantly lower in obeses and COPDs."
— 2009, Abdoulaye Ba, Stephane Delliaux, Fabienne Bregeon, Samuel Levy, Yves Jammes, “Post-exercise heart rate recovery in healthy, obeses, and COPD subjects: relationships with blood lactic acid and PaO2 levels”, in Clinical Research in Cardiology, volume 98, number 1, Springer, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 52–58:
"Subjects were grouped as Group 1 and Group 2 according to VAI, and normals, overweights and obeses according to BMI."
— 2014, Ahmet Celik, Edibe Saricicek, Vahap Saricicek, Elif Sahin, Gokhan Ozdemir, Metin Kilinc, Ayten Oguz, Relation between the new anthropometric obesity parameters and inflammatory markers in healthy adult men, SCIRJ:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Due to a poor diet and no exercise, the cat became ____ and could barely move.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
A sedentary lifestyle and poor diet can lead to becoming ____, which increases health risks.