adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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morbidly
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The mean mass of meal consumed was 557 g for the normal and 308 g for the morbidly obese subjects.
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There were 24 patients -- 19 women, five men, all fat. Morbidly obese , the doctors said.
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There is a higher suicide rate among weight-loss surgery patients than there is among the morbidly obese .
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patient
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In this study, we found that in obese patients psyllium moderately but significantly delays gastric emptying of a solid meal.
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Allen King in Salinas has also adopted a new approach to helping his obese patients improve the quality of their lives.
people
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The care bill for obese people is larger than that for victims of tobacco smoking.
subject
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The mean mass of meal consumed was 557 g for the normal and 308 g for the morbidly obese subjects .
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Total energy content should be adjusted to obtain weight loss in obese subjects .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a special summer camp for obese children and teens
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At least 25% of Americans are considered obese .
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Glenda is not just fat, she's obese .
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He may not be clinically obese , but he certainly needs to lose a lot of weight.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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If these lives are sedentary then we risk becoming unfit and obese .
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In some age-groups more than 50 % of women were obese .
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It is helpful to classify patients with Type 2 diabetes into obese and non-obese.
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Morbidly obese , the doctors said.
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Regularity of meals remains important, especially for the obese .
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Tables 7-1 and 7-2 include examples of the obese infant and obese child.
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The care bill for obese people is larger than that for victims of tobacco smoking.
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Those who were out-and-out obese had a 40 percent higher risk.