obesity
Loading your saved state.
obesity
A medical term for severe overweight or obesity, characterized by an increase in body fat beyond the normal level.
Adipositas gilt als Risikofaktor für zahlreiche Krankheiten wie Diabetes und Herz-Kreislauf-Erkrankungen.
Obesity is considered a risk factor for numerous diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
'Adipositas' (obesity) is the medical term for obesity. You find this word especially in medical diagnoses, scientific texts, and health guides.
Der Arzt diagnostizierte bei dem Patienten Adipositas Grad II.
The doctor diagnosed the patient with grade II obesity.
Since obesity is a disease, 'Adipositas' (obesity) is very often combined with the verb 'leiden' (to suffer) and the preposition 'an' (from). The fixed expression is 'an Adipositas leiden' (to suffer from obesity).
Immer mehr Kinder und Jugendliche leiden an Adipositas.
More and more children and adolescents suffer from obesity.
As the name of a medical condition, 'Adipositas' (obesity) is an uncountable noun (singulare tantum). It is therefore always used in the singular and has no plural form.
Die Prävention von Adipositas beginnt bereits im Kindesalter.
The prevention of obesity begins as early as childhood.
excess weight / predominance
'das Übergewicht' and 'die Adipositas' can both refer to excessively high body weight. 'Übergewicht' is the more general and more everyday word. It can refer to mild or more severe excess weight. 'Adipositas' is a medical term and means severe excess weight with too much body fat. Learners may confuse the words because both occur in health-related contexts. In conversation, people usually say 'Übergewicht'; in doctor's letters or medical texts, 'Adipositas' is more common.
Die Ärztin spricht mit dem Patienten über seine Adipositas.
The doctor talks with the patient about his obesity.
Wegen seines Übergewichts möchte Paul mehr zu Fuß gehen.
Because of his excess weight, Paul wants to walk more.