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adjective (comparative: more obese, superlative: most obese)
  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 <math>30\mathrm{kg}/\mathrm{m}^2</math>.
Etymology: Latin obesus, derived from obedere "to devour, eat away", from ob "away" + edere "to eat"

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