adiposity
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9.1
- noun
- /ˌædɪˈpɑsɪti/
- Specialized
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adiposidad
- Research shows that high levels of adiposity can increase the risk of heart disease.
- biomarkers of adiposity
- abdominal adiposity
- adiposity levels
And those endocrine disruptors will change the differentiation and the growth of fat cells to increase adiposity.
- And those endocrine disruptors will change the differentiation and the growth of fat cells to increase adiposity.
- The another great test that's actually becoming the gold standard for measuring belly fat or central adiposity is the DEXA scan.
- And, and, and, and that's why we're people are concerned about excess adiposity, excess fat, because excess fat causes inflammation.
Examples
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The authors also added that the increased risk of obesity is related to an early adiposity rebound, somewhere around the age of 5 years.
Academic text (2015) -
Abdominal adiposity, as measured by waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio, is also considered a risk factor 25-28.
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However, the women had higher levels of relative adiposity and lower perceptions of quality of life than did the men.
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Although it seems clear that genetics are linked to adiposity, social and behavioral factors are an equal or even more important element.
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Adiposity is also different between Black and White individuals at the same BMI level.
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A recent review discusses additional studies that examine the association between neighborhood disadvantage and child adiposity.
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Children of mothers with GDM also tend to have higher adiposity and abnormal glucose tolerance.
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Location of body fat stores is a health risk predictor, and research shows that abdominal adiposity is a greater risk factor for chronic disease than lower body adiposity.
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Obesity, especially abdominal adiposity, is a risk factor for postmenopausal breast cancer 22,23.
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In children, the BMI-adiposity correlation is higher at higher levels of BMI for age than for lower levels of BMI for age.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
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3.9
A condition where a person has too much body fat that harms health
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1.0
A condition of having too much body weight that can harm health
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1.0
A state of having too much body weight
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2.4
A condition of having more body fat than is healthy
A condition of having too much body fat
A condition of having too much body fat that can harm health
Antonyms
How Fat
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Morphology
Etymology
Adiposity comes from the Latin root adeps, also seen as adip-, meaning 'fat'. So adiposity simply means the amount or state of 'being fat', often used when talking about body fat and health.