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Overweight

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Overweight meaning

Having a higher weight, especially body fat, than what is generally considered healthy for a given body type and height. | Weighing more than what is allowed for safety or legal commerce. | Having a portfolio relatively heavily invested in.

Example sentences (20)

That’s so important because the latest obesity statistics from the Government show that there are more overweight and obese men in England than women – 65% of men are overweight or obese compared to 56% of women.

However, only half (50%) of respondents said they regarded themselves as slightly overweight (26%), overweight (18%) or obese (6%) – far less than the almost two-thirds who are too heavy.

Overweight or obese women: Research in the past has shown that being overweight or obese increases the risk of breast and other cancers.

According to Public Health England, one in 10 children arrive at school, aged four, overweight, and a third of kids leave primary school obese or overweight.

It said in Ghana, child overweight was cited as a growing problem and followed a global trend of increasing overweight in children as well as adults, especially women.

Lauren was the first overweight character added to the diverse cast (or at least the first character whose overweight-ness seemingly defined her), adding a bit of inclusion to a demographic that is rarely seen in media.

However, the proportion of overweight male CEOs was between 45% and 61%, over-representing overweight men.

Additionally, JPMorgan’s Samik Chatterjee maintained an overweight rating on Apple with a $225 price target, noting balanced iPhone supply and demand.

A Huddersfield football club that encourages overweight and obese men to get fit and adopt healthy lifestyle choices has helped local men lose over 150 pounds of weight.

Alliant Energy Corp. (): Wells Fargo upgraded the stock to Overweight from Equal Weight and boosted its $58 target price to $61.

Almost two in three adults in the UK and a third of children are overweight or obese - raising their risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes.

Analyst Matthew Cost is behind today’s news, as he upgraded shares of TTD stock from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating.

And being overweight or obese can increase the resistance in the blood vessels, making it more difficult for blood to flow freely, which leads to higher blood pressure, according to the NHS.

And Brazilian investigators found that eating three apples daily improved weight loss and blood glucose levels in 40 overweight women.

Anyone who can’t follow this simple energy formula is only overweight because they lack the willpower to eat less and exercise more.

As a result, the firm upgraded its stock rating from neutral to overweight.

A third of dogs that visit vets are overweight, according to ITV This Morning’s vet Dr Scott Miller.

At the end of the quarter, the Fund was 19% overweight small- and mid-cap stocks.

At the time she was a bit overweight and short on fitness and one night, after a particularly exhausting day, she vowed she would never suffer like that again.

Barclays cut NIO from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and lowered their price target for the company from $18.00 to $10.00 in a research note on Thursday.