Synonyms for obesity
obe·si·ty

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1. obesity

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

   Antonyms:
   leanness, thinness

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.0 / 2 votes

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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How to use obesity in a sentence?

1. Ned Sharpless:

   There's an increased incidence of mortality that we think is likely related to obesity.

2. Nour Makarem:

   There are number of mechanisms by which higher fiber intakes can contribute to successful aging, fiber is associated with increased satiety and fiber food sources typically have low energy density, thereby reducing the risk of weight gain, obesity and associated chronic disease.

3. Simon Taylor-Robinson:

   There are consequences to obesity and this includes cirrhosis, liver cancer and heart disease, those people who become diabetic during pregnancy have strong risks of developing these complications later in life if attention is n’t given to weight, diet and exercise.

4. Georges Benjamin:

   In particular, tobacco drives cardiovascular disease and cancer, and obesity is a driving factor as well, what we do see is almost across the board some slight improvement in mortality.

5. Mark DeBoer:

   And it's important to point out this is even after taking into account parental income and education and other factors that have an impact on obesity.