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suffer from obesity
Many children suffer from obesity.
许多儿童患有肥胖症。
肥胖；过度肥胖
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
肥胖；过度肥胖
The condition of being extremely overweight or having excess body fat.
Many children suffer from obesity.
许多儿童患有肥胖症。
肥胖的状态；肥胖。
The state of being obese.
超过平均的肥胖
more than average fatness
Obesity is often linked to heart disease and diabetes.
肥胖常与心脏病和糖尿病相关。
The government launched a campaign to reduce childhood obesity.
政府发起了一项减少儿童肥胖的运动。
Regular exercise and a balanced diet can help prevent obesity.
定期锻炼和均衡饮食有助于预防肥胖。
Many children suffer from obesity.
许多儿童患有肥胖症。
Obesity is linked to heart disease.
肥胖与心脏病有关。
Obesity rates have risen sharply.
肥胖率急剧上升。
The government is trying to tackle obesity.
政府正在努力应对肥胖问题。
Not this
He is obesity.
Use this
He is obese.
Obesity是名词，不能用作形容词。描述一个人肥胖应使用形容词obese。
Not this
He has an obesity.
Use this
He has obesity.
Obesity是不可数名词，前面不能加不定冠词an。表示患有肥胖症时直接说have obesity。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
儿童肥胖
Childhood obesity has become a serious public health problem.
儿童肥胖已成为严重的公共卫生问题。
肥胖流行病
The obesity epidemic affects rich and poor countries alike.
肥胖流行病同样影响着富裕和贫穷国家。
病态肥胖
Morbid obesity increases the risk of heart disease.
病态肥胖会增加患心脏病的风险。
肥胖率
Obesity rates among children have risen sharply.
儿童肥胖率急剧上升。
对抗肥胖
Schools are trying new ways to combat obesity.
学校正尝试新方法对抗肥胖。
Use obesity naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
obesity 拼写里藏着 be 和 sit，想着“坐着吃（be sitting）”慢慢变胖，-ity 是名词后缀表状态。
语域：formal 常见场景：medical reports、public health campaigns、academic writing obesity 是正式、医学术语，通常用于医疗、公共卫生和学术语境；日常口语中更常说 being overweight 或 too fat。
No common word rhymes with obesity (/oʊˈbiːsəti/). Words like university, density, intensity, and curiosity share the final spelling '-sity' and the sound /səti/, but their stressed vowels differ, so they do not rhyme. Beware lookalikes such as obese (/oʊˈbiːs/), which shares the 'obe' spelling and /oʊˈbiː/ sound but lacks the /səti/ ending.
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