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Obesity vs Diabetes - What's the difference?

obesity | diabetes |

As nouns the difference between obesity and diabetes

is that obesity is the state of being obese due to an excess of body fat while diabetes is a group of metabolic diseases whereby a person (or other animal) has high blood sugar due to an inability to produce, or inability to metabolize, sufficient quantities of the hormone insulin.

obesity

English

Noun

(wikipedia obesity) (-)
  • The state of being obese due to an excess of body fat.

    • Derived terms

    * diabesity

    diabetes

    English

    (wikipedia diabetes)

    Noun

    (-)
  • A group of metabolic diseases whereby a person (or other animal) has high blood sugar due to an inability to produce, or inability to metabolize, sufficient quantities of the hormone insulin.
  • Diabetes insipidus, a condition characterized by excessive thirst and excretion of large amounts of severely diluted urine.

    • Synonyms

    * (group of metabolic diseases) diabetes mellitus, DM, diabeetus (humorous)

    Derived terms

    * diabesity * diabetes mellitus * diabetes insipidus

    Related terms

    * diabetic

    Hyponyms

    * (group of metabolic diseases) IDDM, juvenile diabetes, NIDDM

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