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What does obese mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word obese? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Extremely overweight, especially: weighing more than 20% (for men) or 25% (for women) over their ideal weight determined by height and build; or, having a body mass index over 30 kg/m2.
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Extremely obese people are six times more likely to suffer heat stroke than thin people.
There are widespread negative attitudes that adults who are morbidly obese are weak-willed, ugly, awkward, self-indulgent, and immoral.
An apparently lean person, who is abdominally obese, could also develop diabetes.
He is criticizing the assertion that to weigh more than that is to be obese.
It appears the adipocytes of obese individuals release free fatty acids even in the presence of insulin.
She was moderately overweight but no where near obese and the excess showed in her chubby cheeks and small saddlebags.

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