肥満(ひまん)

ひまん
noun; verb (する)
obesity; being overweight
1. obesity, corpulence, being overweight
A medical or clinical term for the condition of being significantly overweight. Used in health, medical, and fitness contexts. More neutral and clinical than colloquial expressions.
肥満(ひまん)は生活(せいかつ)習慣(しゅうかん)病(びょう)の原因(げんいん)になる。
Obesity is a cause of lifestyle-related diseases.
子(こ)どもの肥満(ひまん)が社会(しゃかい)問題(もんだい)になっている。
Childhood obesity has become a social issue.
肥満(ひまん)を予防(よぼう)するには食事(しょくじ)と運動(うんどう)のバランスが大切(たいせつ)だと医師(いし)に言(い)われた。
The doctor told me that balancing diet and exercise is important for preventing obesity.

USAGE NOTE:
A clinical, neutral term used in medical and health contexts. In everyday conversation, 太(ふと)りすぎ or 太(ふと)っている is more common. 肥満(ひまん) does not carry the offensive connotation of informal words like デブ.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 肥満(ひまん)体型(たいけい) (obese body type)
  • 肥満(ひまん)予防(よぼう) (obesity prevention)
  • 肥満(ひまん)解消(かいしょう) (eliminating obesity)
  • 肥満(ひまん)度(ど) (degree of obesity)
  • 肥満(ひまん)児(じ) (obese child)

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 太(ふと)りすぎ: being too fat (casual, everyday term)
  • メタボ: metabolic syndrome (colloquial abbreviation of メタボリックシンドローム)
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