obesity
noun
Obesity is a disease that consists on having excessive fat in the body. This disease has serious consequences, such as struggling to walk, doing sport or breathing. Obese people often have other serious diseases, with obesity often being caused by different things, such as not following a balanced diet.
Obesity, which is defined as a serious disease, should not be confused with being overweight. Thus, it is very important to treat children and adults with obesity well as they are often ill-treated for being fat.
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