OBESE
What does "OBESE" mean?
Having excess body fat to a degree that medical guidelines consider harmful to health.
Meanings
- Carrying body fat heavy enough to pose health risks, clinically defined by a body mass index of 30 or above. The doctor explained that the patient was clinically obese and at higher risk of diabetes. technical
Did you know?
- The line between 'overweight' and 'obese' is a single number: the World Health Organization draws it at a body mass index of 30, the point where a 30-unit jump in one ratio renames a whole condition.
Word origin
From Latin 'obesus', meaning grown fat, from 'ob-' (over) plus 'edere' (to eat); literally 'having eaten oneself fat'.
Remember it
OBESE hides 'BE' twice if you say it - 'oh-BEE-s' - and it comes from Latin for 'over-eaten'.
What it teaches
A body keeps an honest ledger; it stores not what we meant to eat but what we actually did.
Quick facts
What does OBESE mean?
Having excess body fat to a degree that medical guidelines consider harmful to health.
Is OBESE a valid word?
Yes — OBESE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is OBESE?
OBESE has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does OBESE come from?
From Latin 'obesus', meaning grown fat, from 'ob-' (over) plus 'edere' (to eat); literally 'having eaten oneself fat'.
What can OBESE teach us?
A body keeps an honest ledger; it stores not what we meant to eat but what we actually did.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.