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• obese — 01. There are more and more people who are [obese] in our society due to poor eating habits, and lack of exercise. 02. Everyone thought Livia was pregnant, but actually she is just [obese]. 03. The rise in the number of people who are [obese] in… …   Grammatical examples in English

• obese — [[t]oʊbi͟ːs[/t]] ADJ GRADED If someone is obese, they are extremely fat. The tendency to become obese is at least in part hereditary... Obese people tend to have higher blood pressure than lean people. Syn: fat Derived words: obesity… …   English dictionary

• Diet-induced obese — (DIO) model, is a mouse model created to study obesity related diseases such as diabetes. In this model, a mouse is fed a high fat diet, typically for 8 to 12 weeks. As a result it become obese, mildly to moderately hyperglycemic, and develop… …   Wikipedia

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• obesity — o·be·si·ty (ō bēʹsĭ tē) n. The condition of being obese; increased body weight caused by excessive accumulation of fat. * * * Excessive body fat. It is usually caused by sedentary habits and a diet high in fat, alcohol, or total calories.… …   Universalium

• Leptin — A hormone involved in the regulation of body fat. Leptin was originally thought to be a signal to lose weight but it may instead be a way for the brain to know that there is fat on the body. A few hugely obese children have been found who have an …   Medical dictionary

• Secondhand obesity — is the effect of a parent s obesity on the child. There is evidence suggesting that children learn to be obese from their parents. Thus obese parents may create an unintended health risk for their children by their eating habits because children… …   Wikipedia

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• therapeutics — /ther euh pyooh tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the branch of medicine concerned with the remedial treatment of disease. [1665 75; see THERAPEUTIC, ICS] * * * Treatment and care to combat disease or alleviate pain or injury. Its tools include… …   Universalium

• List of Courage the Cowardly Dog characters — This is a list of characters from the American animated television series Courage the Cowardly Dog, created by John R. Dilworth which aired from 1999 to 2002 on Cartoon Network. Contents 1 Main characters 1.1 Courage 1.2 Muriel and Eustace Bagge …   Wikipedia