obesity
nounUK /əʊˈbiːsəti/
US /oʊˈbiːsəti/
Obesity is when a person has so much extra body fat that it can make them sick.
The doctor said that eating healthy food and playing outside can help prevent obesity.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A medical condition in which excess body fat has built up enough to harm health.
Obesity raises the risk of heart disease and diabetes.
3. The state of being very overweight, often measured with body mass index.
Doctors use BMI to check for obesity in children.
4. An excess of something considered undesirable or unwieldy.
The obesity of the report made it hard to read.