obese
Far beyond plump
Obese describes a person carrying excessive body fat to the degree that it poses health risks.
The clinical definition uses body mass index, but in everyday speech obese simply means very fat—more severe than overweight.
The doctor warned him that he was clinically obese.
The noun is obesity.
With unhealthy fixation
- adiposityExcessive bodily fat
- bariatricObesity medicine branch
- BMIWeight-to-height ratio
- visceralArising from deep instinct
leptin · ghrelin · endocrine · hypertension · diabetes · inflammation · cytokines · comorbidity
Excessively heavy-bodied
- rotundRound and plump
- portlyHeavyset, especially around waist
- heavysetThick-bodied and sturdy
- paunchyHaving a prominent belly
stout · bulky · massive · large · broad · thickset · barrel-chested · full-figured
Consuming beyond bodily needs
- caloriesMeasures of food energy
- sugarsSweet edible carbohydrates
- fatsOily organic nutrients
- snackingEating small portions casually
sedentary · inactivity · supersized · diet
Bias against larger bodies
- body-shamingMocking someone's physique
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
bullying · stereotyping · mockery · exclusion · marginalization · judgmental · plus-size
Sudden brain blood blockage
- hypertensionChronic elevated arterial pressure
- cholesterolWaxy lipid in blood
- osteoarthritisCartilage breakdown in joints
- cancerUncontrolled cell proliferation disease
morbidly
With unhealthy fixation
visceral · leptin · ghrelin · endocrine · hypertension · diabetes · inflammation · cytokines · comorbidity
corpulent
Excessively heavy-bodied
paunchy · stout · bulky · massive · large · broad · thickset · barrel-chested · full-figured · ample
overeating
Consuming beyond bodily needs
snacking · sedentary · inactivity · supersized · diet
fatphobia
Bias against larger bodies
- body-shamingMocking someone's physique
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
bias · bullying · stereotyping · mockery · exclusion · marginalization · judgmental · plus-size
stroke
Sudden brain blood blockage
- hypertensionChronic elevated arterial pressure
- cholesterolWaxy lipid in blood
- osteoarthritisCartilage breakdown in joints
whale
Huge sea mammal
- blimpNon-rigid flying vessel
- butterballPlump person or fowl
- elephantTusked gray giant
- body typesectomorph, endomorph, mesomorph, somatotype, athletic build
- body imagebody image, body positivity, body acceptance, body shaming, body shame
- obesityoverweight, body mass index, BMI, body fat, visceral fat
- appearancestall, short, thin, fat, slim
- body measurementsheight, weight, waist circumference, head circumference, shoulder width
- Fatfat, body fat, belly fat, lard, blubber
- morbidly obeseFatness risking health
- obesity epidemicPopulation-wide excess body mass
- childhood obesityExcess weight in youth
- morbid obesityDangerously excessive body fat
- obesity crisisPopulation-wide excess weight problem
- extreme obesitySeverely excessive body fat