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obese
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Two thirds of Scots are classified as overweight, and one third - about one million adults - as obese.
More than half of all adults and a third of children, teenagers and young adults around the world are predicted to be overweight or obese by 2050.
"If I was diagnosed earlier, I wouldn't have lived my whole life thinking I was just obese, that it was all my fault."
Over 100 million people in the US are obese, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
There is a risk too many people are being diagnosed as obese when "a more accurate" and "nuanced" definition is needed, a report from global experts says.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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