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Obese vs Preobese - What's the difference?

obese | preobese |

As adjectives the difference between obese and preobese

is that obese is obese while preobese is describing people who are not yet, but will become obese.

As a noun obese

is an obese person.

obese

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Extremely overweight, especially: weighing more than 20% (for men) or 25% (for women) over their ideal weight determined by height and build; or, having a body mass index over 30 kg/m2.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * obesity * obeses

    Phrases

    * morbidly obese * super obese

    See also

    * fat ----

    preobese

    English

    Alternative forms

    *pre-obese

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Describing people who are not yet, but will become obese

    • Related terms

    *preobesity