fatness
pronunciation
How to pronounce fatness in British English:
UK [fætnəs]
How to pronounce fatness in American English:
US [fætnəs]
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- Noun:
- excess bodily weight
Word Origin
- fatness (n.)
- Old English fætnesse; see fat (adj.) + -ness.
Example
- 1. What concerns me is not fatness and imminent death .
- 2. Genes predict body shape and fatness
- 3. The health problems associated with fatness may not be caused by it but be another consequence , another symptom , of overeating .
- 4. Yet instead of paying attention to our sedentary lifestyles , we keep on focusing on fatness .
- 5. This is a cluster of symptoms such as high blood pressure , insulin resistance and fatness that seem to increase the risk of heart disease and strokes , late-onset diabetes and liver disease .