obesity

/oʊˈbisɪɾi/

/əʊˈbisɪti/

Obesity is the condition of being more overweight than is considered average or healthy.

The noun obesity was first used around 1610 and has origins in the Latin word obesitas, meaning "fatness" or "corpulence." During the Middle Ages, obesity was a sign of wealth and prosperity indicating that you had enough money to buy and eat all the food you wanted while others starved. Nowadays, research has shown that having too much fat can cause a number of related health problems. A healthy diet and fitness regime is a great way for someone to shed excess pounds and avoid obesity.

Definitions of obesity

1. noun

   the condition of being excessively overweight
   synonyms: corpulency, fleshiness

   types:

   adiposis, corpulence, overweight, stoutness

   the property of excessive fatness

   exogenous obesity

   obesity caused by overeating

   embonpoint, plumpness, roundness

   the bodily property of being well rounded

   chubbiness, pudginess, rolypoliness, tubbiness

   the property of having a plump and round body

   buxomness

   the bodily property of being attractively plump and vigorous and (of women) full-bosomed

   type of:

   avoirdupois, blubber, fat, fatness

   excess bodily weight