All 6 Uses of
obese
in
The Omnivore's Dilemma
- Well, let's see ....Three of every five Americans are overweight; one of every five is obese.†
Chpt 1.7 *
- Seventeen percent of kids age six through nineteen are obese.†
Chpt 1.7
- Because of diabetes and all the other health problems caused by obesity, kids in the U.S. today may turn out to be the first group of Americans with life spans that are shorter than their parents'.†
Chpt 1.7obesity = the state of being significantly overweight (due to the accumulation of body fat)
- EXTRA CALORIES Behind our epidemic of obesity lies this simple fact: When food is abundant and cheap, people will eat more of it.†
Chpt 1.7
- Yet their rates of heart disease and obesity are lower than the health-crazy Americans'.†
Chpt 1.8
- In the long run, however, these cheap calories come with a high price tag: obesity, Type II diabetes, heart disease.†
Chpt 1.9
Definition:
significantly overweight (due to the accumulation of body fat)
Obese is also used figuratively to describe something with large or fat dimensions.