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• s  excessively fat

• Yet the number of morbidly obese Americans has quadrupled in the past 20 years or so (from 1 in 200 to 1 in 50); in contrast, the number who are merely obese (at least 30 lbs .
• For the obese, the end goal should not be thinness, but health and self-acceptance, which are more realistic and beneficial objectives.
• And in one group of obese girls, the rate of class failure was 24% higher than with their non-obese counterparts.

• corpulent
• weighty
• rotund

News & Articles

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• Overweight and obese patients less likely to achieve remission in early rheumatoid arthritis
  Overweight and obese patients are less likely to achieve successful remission in early rheumatoid arthritis compared to those of normal weight.
  June 14, 2013 - Science Daily
• Overweight and obese patients less likely to achieve remission in early RA
  ( European League Against Rheumatism ) A new study presented today at EULAR 2013, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism, shows that overweight and obese patients are less likely to achieve successful remission in early rheumatoid arthritis compared to those of normal weight.
  June 14, 2013 - EurekAlert!
• Obese expectant mothers at increased risk of preterm birth
  Women who are obese during pregnancy may be at increased risk of giving birth too early, a new study from Sweden suggests
  June 12, 2013 - Fox News

Quotes

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• Bill Richardson in Forbes
  We have to eliminate discrimination of those who are overweight,Richardson said. "This is an issue of basic civil rights. There are no federal laws that protect obese Americans from discrimination in the workplace, in school, or anywhere...
• Trick Trick in HipHopDX
  Em just picked up some weight, that's it,said Trick, who scored a single with Eminem on his last album, The People vs. "He's nowhere [near] 250 pounds or anything like that. He picked up a little weight. He ain't walkin' around obese or...
• Heath Bell in USA Today
  It said I was obese,Bell said. "If you're obese, it makes (your character on screen) obese. I was disappointed that I was that big. I literally took the game to heart. I did the work but I kind of credit the Wii Fit."