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WordBand 6.5–7.5Toofey picks
obesity
/əʊˈbiːsəti/
noun
A condition in which a person is very overweight.
- “Childhood obesity is rising in many countries.”Toofey
- “We have an obesity problem in this country.”Tatoeba
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Source: Written for Toofey (original); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))