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# obesity

«obesity» in Mova's school dictionary: **The condition of having much more body fat than is…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (obesity — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The condition of having much more body fat than is healthy, which can lead to illnesses such as diabetes and heart disease. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obesity/#m1)

2) (medicine) A medical word for being very overweight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obesity/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science and health lessons about diet and exercise, obesity is talked about as a health problem; balanced food and being active help prevent it. In news it appears in reports about health. Talk about it kindly: people's bodies differ, and many things affect weight. Phrases: childhood obesity, risk of obesity, prevent obesity.

### examples

- Eating lots of sugary food can lead to obesity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obesity/#x1)
- Exercise helps to prevent obesity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obesity/#x2)
- The doctor talked about the health risks of obesity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obesity/#x3)
- The news reported on childhood obesity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obesity/#x4)
- Obesity can cause problems with the heart. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obesity/#x5)
- Schools teach healthy eating to help reduce obesity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obesity/#x6)

### note

Uncountable. Adjective: obese (formal, medical). Be kind: calling a person «obese» or «fat» can hurt; doctors use these words carefully. Said oh-BEE-si-tee.

### In the corpora

- ["A weight problem" usually means obesity, being very overweight.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/10-weight-and-babies/19/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «obesity» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obesity/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.