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Meanings of overweight in English
Having a Body Mass Index of 25.0-29.9 kg/m2.
Related terms
Portuguese
sobrepeso Catalan
carnositat Synonyms
Examples for "stoutness"
Examples for "stoutness"
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But bear in mind that obesity and stoutness are not synonymous terms.
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The borrowing is often honest enough and comes of magnanimity and stoutness.
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His stoutness had gone, and he was as lean as Abraham Lincoln.
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What is the rationale for the admiration of slimness as against stoutness?
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She was a large, high-bosomed woman, powerfully built, and inclined to stoutness.
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This is all about rising standards of corpulence, of defining fatness upwards.
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He was equally distinguished for his courage, his cruelty, and his corpulence.
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It was accepted like one boy's red hair and another's unreasonable corpulence.
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The consumption of RTE cereals also appears to be associated with lower corpulence.
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And, in general, those predisposed to corpulence are therefore less inclined to marriage.
Usage of overweight in English
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At least 40 million children over the age of five are overweight.
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However, overweight is not considered serious enough to jeopardize life as yet.
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Five years ago 35 year old Sara Byers was unfit and overweight.
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Interestingly, it hasn't always been the case that overweight people lived longer.
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Conclusions: Simple traffic-light charts facilitate discussion of child overweight status with parents.
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Conclusions: GPs missed identifying a substantial proportion of overweight and obese patients.
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Conclusions: Prenatal smoking exposure appears to increase rates of overweight in childhood.
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During clinical practice, we often observe that patients seem to be overweight.
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He was short, bald, and quite overweight, though he carried it well.
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Conclusions: Many families are willing to tackle childhood overweight with their GP.
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Seven studies found that overweight children are more likely to skip breakfast.
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Results: Participants were 200 adults who were overweight and taking antipsychotic agents.
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Investors moved overweight in Korea for the first time in two years.
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Relevant studies estimating the association among obesity, overweight and ASD were included.
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She continued: Being overweight made me feel that I had lost myself.
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Methods: Serum VEGF concentrations were measured in 38 overweight or obese subjects.
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Translations for overweight
Overweight through the time
Overweight across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
Australia
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