obeso-, obes- +

A reference to medicine (or any agent or activity) that is effective in reducing or preventing obesity.

This word means literally “book obesity”, vast rolls of verbal flab squeezed between hard or soft covers.

Excessively fat.

1. An increase in body weight beyond the limitation of skeletal and physical requirements, as the result of an excessive accumulation of fat in the body.
2. The term is usually not employed unless the individual is from 20% to 30% over average weight for his/her age; sex, and height.
3. Also called: adiposity, adiposis, corpulency, and pimelosis.

Obesity is a term used to describe body weight that is much greater than what is considered healthy. There are many ways to determine if a person is obese, but experts believe that a person's body mass index (BMI) is the most accurate measurement of body fat for children and adults.

Adults with a BMI greater than 30 are considered obese. Adults with a BMI between 25 and 29.9 are considered overweight. There are exceptions. For example, an athlete may have a higher BMI but not be overweight.

Nearly two-thirds of the United States population is thought to be overweight. Anyone more than 100 pounds overweight is considered "morbidly obese".

A tendency to be obese.

Anything that causes the gaining of weight; whether it be food, lack of exercise, or whatever.

Of or relating to a factor that causes or tends to cause obesity; causing obesity.

Producing or causing obesity.

A fear of gaining weight or the excessive fear that one is getting too fat.

An instant on the lips to a lifetime on the hips: fat, obesity quotes.