How to Use overweight in a Sentence

overweight

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  • That night in the ring, Ali was sluggish and, at 224 pounds, a little overweight.
    — Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2021
  • Being overweight at any age raises the chances of the most common form, Type 2.
    — Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2018
  • Do the overweight in the richest countries get to jump the queue — or just the seriously obese?
    — Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2020
  • The neighborhood was full of men who looked like him—late middle age, overweight, five and a half feet tall.
    — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2021
  • In 2016, Sandoval had showed up to spring training overweight and lost the starting job at third base to Travis Shaw.
    — Khalin Kapoor, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2022
  • Over 70% of adults in the US are facing issues related to overweight or obese.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Sick of being overweight from sitting at a desk or in traffic jams.
    — Linda Roberston, Sun-Sentinel.com, 9 Apr. 2018
  • She maybe smart, and an activist but for fat and overweight shouldn’t be glorified !
    — Elizabeth Zwirz, Fox News, 1 July 2018
  • On top of that, he was bullied for being overweight and for being one of the few Indian kids in his school.
    — Marisa Meltzer, WSJ, 15 Sep. 2021
  • But concerns existed: slow feet, can’t jump, out of shape and overweight.
    — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 13 June 2023
  • In this case, Lightweight champion Charles Oliveira came in one half pound overweight.
    — Xl Media, cleveland, 7 May 2022
  • The new guidelines recommend they be used for all children over the age of 2 with overweight and obesity.
    — Dr. Nicole McLean, ABC News, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Min said, adding that about 50% of the riders have described themselves as being overweight based on their body mass index.
    — Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2018
  • Even though people of any age and any health status can get very sick and die from Covid-19, three of the things that make the disease most deadly are being male, old, and overweight.
    — Adam Rogers, Wired, 2 Oct. 2020
  • In their case, BMI can misclassify them as overweight or obese.
    — Suzie Glassman, Health.com, 31 Jan. 2022
  • They've been shown to promote weight loss in people with overweight and obesity.
    — K. Aleisha Fetters, Health, 14 Mar. 2023
  • The odds of being overweight were 4.6 times higher for a child who watched five or more hours of television a day than for a child who watched fewer than two hours a day.
    — Amber Randall, sun-sentinel.com, 16 Oct. 2020
  • The study is open to people between the ages of 30 and 85 with body mass index (BMI) readings in the overweight or obesity categories.
    — Christopher Snowbeck, Star Tribune, 2 Mar. 2021
  • The more overweight the government, the more corrupt the country, according to a new study of 15 post-Soviet states.
    — The Economist, 30 July 2020
  • One-third of obese people gained weight during April compared to 20% of people who were normal weight or overweight.
    — Emily Woodruff, NOLA.com, 28 Oct. 2020
  • Growing up overweight and picked on, there was no sport that welcomed all body types without question.
    — Nicole Blackwood, chicagotribune.com, 18 July 2019
  • Being overweight can change the acid levels in urine and, consequently, increase your risk of stones.
    — Marcos Del Rosario-Santiago, baltimoresun.com, 11 July 2019
  • Being older and overweight or obese puts you at greater risk for breast cancer, as does liver disease.
    — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Stuart ended up with an overweight truck the same way most other Tacoma owners do.
    — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 25 Feb. 2021
  • Surprisingly, the risk of being overweight was even greater than that linked to obesity.
    — Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2020
  • Another study of adults with overweight found that those who took a cumin supplement three times a day lost 2.2 pounds more than those in the placebo group after eight weeks.
    — Women's Health, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Overnight a global investment bank made China an overweight in the Asia Pac country model for the first time since last summer.
    — Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2021
  • The overweight, snaggletoothed Sarge was based on a sergeant Mr. Walker once encountered.
    — Richard Goldstein, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2018
  • Key Takeaways Obesity and overweight are linked to a higher risk of many common cancers.
    — Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Still, not all people with diabetes have overweight or obesity.
    — Barbie Cervoni, Ms, Rd, Cdces, Cdn, Health, 18 Oct. 2023
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overweight

2 of 3 verb
  • The fact that American women are more likely to be overweight may also add to health care costs, says Dr. Jha.
    — Amanda MacMillan, Health.com, 26 Apr. 2018
  • In the current study, researchers found the mothers of only children were more likely to be overweight themselves.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 6 Nov. 2019
  • China/Hong Kong and overweight India which closed down today.
    — Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022
  • The study participants went from being classified as obese to overweight and lost belly fat in the process.
    — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 15 Feb. 2023
  • But they might be more easily observed, which might lead a hiring manager to overweight them, the authors say.
    — Josh Zumbrun, WSJ, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Most early platforms simply provided tools to build your own datasets, of which the cost of building and maintaining can overweight the value add.
    — Maxence Bouygues, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2021
  • Some fund managers, like those in the U.K., tend to overweight their home country or region when constructing global equity funds for investors in their country.
    — Derek Horstmeyer, WSJ, 4 Feb. 2022
  • The portfolio managers then eliminate the those with the worst emissions, de-emphasize the lesser performers and overweight the better ones.
    — Tim Gray, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2017
  • Another way to benefit from the January effect during that period would have been to use leverage (or buy on margin) to overweight your portfolio to stocks the first month of the year.
    — Derek Horstmeyer, WSJ, 8 Jan. 2022
  • One area that's particularly easy to overweight is your company's stock.
    — The Week Staff, The Week, 1 May 2022
  • Though Brazilian financial assets rebounded to end the week, the political chaos has slammed a number of mutual funds that overweight the region.
    — Luke Kawa, Bloomberg.com, 21 May 2017
  • It was overweighted, the wheelbarrow, so everything kind of spilled everywhere.
    — Sophie Hirsh, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Apr. 2017
  • Investors overweight in cash to avoid market volatility have a higher likelihood of running out of money in retirement.
    — Jonathan Dash, Forbes, 13 June 2022
  • Consider the problem posed by the abundance of scales for assessing gaming disorders, many of which overweight the clinical relevance of time spent gaming.
    — Robbie Gonzalez, WIRED, 19 June 2018
  • Their poll generally followed the 2016 election turnout model and did not overweight or underweight groups such as Republicans.
    — Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 2 Nov. 2020
  • Does this mean electric vehicles are worse for the planet than soft drinks, or that socially concerned investors should overweight Pepsi and underweight Tesla in their portfolios?
    — Terrence R. Keeley, WSJ, 12 Sep. 2022
  • In an outlook for 2021, a team including Andrew Sheets recommended investors overweight equities and corporate bonds against cash and government debt, and sell the U.S. dollar.
    — Joanna Ossinger, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2020
  • The strategists cut their recommendation on technology stocks to neutral and upgraded banking and auto shares to overweight.
    — Jackie Edwards, Bloomberg.com, 15 Oct. 2020
  • Doctors usually only prescribe weight loss drugs to overweight or obese patients with concerning blood pressure or glucose levels.
    — Dallas News, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Underweight China and overweight India is fairly typical positioning from global and EM managers at the moment.
    — Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2021
  • Drugmakers have found powerful new tools to help overweight people shed pounds by tapping into treatments for another disease: diabetes.
    — Peter Loftus, WSJ, 21 June 2022
  • Emphasize tech among American holdings while overweighting non-tech overseas.
    — Ken Fisher, USA TODAY, 21 July 2019
  • While this task requires intuition and insight, and may depend on culture and social background, the formal model can still be useful in avoiding biases such as the recency effect (the tendency to overweight recent experiences).
    — Hec Paris Insights, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Taking a more nuanced approach than divestment and exclusions, investors can overweight assets with climate tailwinds and underweight assets with climate headwinds.
    — Bhakti Mirchandani, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2021
  • Unfortunately, the data shows that early stage investors significantly overweight the importance of those founder characteristics.
    — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Communication services was the largest overweighted sector among hedge funds, followed by material producers, consumer-discretionary shares and industrial companies.
    — Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2019
  • Coincidentally, another major global investment bank upgraded China to overweight from neutral overnight.
    — Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2021
  • The fact that American women are more likely to be overweight may also add to health care costs, says Dr. Jha.
    — Amanda MacMillan, Health.com, 26 Apr. 2018
  • In the current study, researchers found the mothers of only children were more likely to be overweight themselves.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 6 Nov. 2019
  • China/Hong Kong and overweight India which closed down today.
    — Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022
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overweight

3 of 3 adjective
  • He looked to be at least 20 pounds overweight.
  • There was a slight decline in kids who were overweight or obese, too, the study showed.
    — Jonel Aleccia, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2023
  • The new oversized and overweight bag fees will begin on April 17.
    — Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2024
  • The study involved 16 people with a body mass index in the overweight or obese range.
    — Martin Finucane, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Oct. 2022
  • The first of the two new studies involved 16 people who were overweight or obese.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 5 Oct. 2022
  • This sends a signal of fullness to the brain and has helped overweight patients lose 15 to 20 percent of their body weight.
    — Daniel Gilbert, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
  • But in a market where techs are so overweight problems can arise.
    — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 25 Oct. 2023
  • In both countries, roughly two-thirds of adults are overweight or obese.
    — Dr. Jade Cobern, ABC News, 13 Dec. 2022
  • And a third of those who were identified as overweight by their BMI had normal amounts of body fat.
    — Lydia Denworth, Scientific American, 14 Dec. 2023
  • That’s close to the percentage of the population that is overweight.
    — cleveland, 23 Dec. 2022
  • The center was overweight in his early years and considered a project.
    — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Two-thirds of UK adults are overweight, a key risk factor for diabetes.
    — WIRED, 27 June 2023
  • More than 40 percent of Americans are obese, and two-thirds are overweight.
    — Jack Fencl, National Review, 5 Sep. 2023
  • It can also be used as an off-label drug for people who are overweight or obese.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 25 Sep. 2023
  • The percentage of babies born with low birth weights, the percentage of children and teens who were overweight and obese, and the child and teen death rate increased.
    — Mike Cason | [email protected], al, 8 Aug. 2022
  • The rating review from Benzinga was similar, 12 rate it as a buy, 2 as overweight, 4 as a hold and one rates it as a sell.
    — Tom Aspray, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2023
  • About 78% of people with type 2 diabetes are overweight or obese.
    — Maggie O'Neill, Health, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Friend say in high school, Kohberger was overweight and was bullied.
    — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2023
  • Spurred by the use of celebrities like Elon Musk, demand for Wegovy—which helps overweight patients lose about 15% of their body weight—is surging.
    — Byerin Prater, Fortune Well, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Men that are overweight or obese tend to have lower testosterone levels than their peers of a healthier weight.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Beauty in a new body Dana Demeter was 5 years old when a doctor told her mother that Demeter was overweight.
    — Audrey Richardson and Aurora Sousanis, Detroit Free Press, 17 Mar. 2024
  • Over the years, a variety of sobriquets have been used to describe overweight ballplayers.
    — Bill Swank, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Fast-forward to my teenage years, I was bullied in school for being severely overweight.
    — ELLE, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Or a patient who is more than 100 pounds overweight and has pre-diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol?
    — Jody Dushay, STAT, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Plus, two-thirds of American adults are overweight or obese, which puts them at greater risk for many chronic diseases such as heart disease and stroke.
    — Andy Kessler, WSJ, 26 Nov. 2023
  • This is very important for men who are overweight or don’t eat many dark leafy greens, as indol-3-carbinol can be found primarily in them.
    — Mark Anderson, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022
  • He was bullied at school for being overweight, had no friends, stayed isolated in his room and turned to alcohol.
    — Abraham Nudelstejer, Dallas News, 5 May 2023
  • One of the risk factors is overweight or obesity, which affects about 70% of the U.S. population.
    — Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 11 Nov. 2023
  • If the railroad is willing to pay for it, another solution down the line could be to install light-up signs that flash and tell the driver their truck is overweight, May said.
    — Bridget Fogarty, Journal Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2024
  • People who are in the category of being overweight are also more likely to have high blood pressure.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024

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