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Noun
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Sleep deprivation is linked to heart disease, cognitive decline, obesity and numerous other problems.—
Lauran Neergaard,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Mar. 2025 -
But a survey last year by the benefits consultant Mercer said fewer half of large employers covered GLP-1 drugs for obesity.—
Ken Alltucker,
USA TODAY,
2 Mar. 2025
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Whimsy was also the domain of the Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero, whose signature was a race of voluptuously bloated figures — denizens, from priests to bullfighters, of an almost cartoonish world that, to him, had to do not with corpulence but with the sensuality of human life.—
William McDonald,
New York Times,
28 Dec. 2023
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His thick musculature having bloated into unhealthy corpulence, Maradona was hospitalized in Buenos Aires in April 2004 with what doctors described as a weakened heart and acute breathing problems.—
Jeré Longman,
New York Times,
25 Nov. 2020
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These included long, woolly hair and a way of metabolizing fat that helped the animals survive well in the cold.—
Rob Stein,
NPR,
4 Mar. 2025
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Like woolly mammoths, these mice have curlier hair — which is the same color of the mammoth mummies found in the permafrost — as well as a gene that should impact the way their bodies metabolize fat.—
Susan Young,
People.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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The move reversed an August downgrade of Voya to equal weight from overweight on concerns about the longer-term profitability of Voya’s health solutions business.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
28 Feb. 2025
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In one study of men with overweight and obesity, men who did fasted treadmill workouts five days a week for six weeks saw lower fasting insulin levels.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
19 Feb. 2025
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That’s because water, not sebum, is what gives skin its elasticity and plumpness, according to Dr. Castilla.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
11 Feb. 2025
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One reviewer said the anti-aging cream immediately adds plumpness to their face.—
Lauren Taylor,
Southern Living,
11 Feb. 2025
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While Hill was lying flat on his stomach in the street, Torres pressed his palm onto the back of his neck, the footage shows.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
7 Mar. 2025
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Respiratory problems: Regurgitated stomach acids that reach the back of your throat can be inhaled and cause irritation in your lungs and airways.—
Mark Gurarie,
Health,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Paunchiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paunchiness. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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