Collocations withobesity
These are words often used in combination withobesity.
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abdominal obesity
The risk increases with increasing levels of obesity, particularly abdominal obesity.
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central obesity
Furthermore, central obesity is intimately associated with inflammatory stress.
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childhood obesity
For example, one might hypothesize that overeating in the family contributes to an increased risk for childhood obesity.
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maternal obesity
This is particularly relevant where there are factors making ultrasound imaging sub-optimal, such as oligohydramnios, difficult fetal position, maternal obesity or pelvic pathology.
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morbid obesity
Nutrition following gastric operations for morbid obesity.
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problem of obesity
However, the existence of products containing such sweeteners must not be allowed to hide the very serious public-health problem of obesity.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
severe obesity
It is not known whether weight reduction from surgery for severe obesity leads to reduced mortality or less morbidity from myocardial infarction and stroke.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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