Vocabulary: Obese, Fat or Overweight

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Students often confuse the words: obese, fat and overweight. This lesson will explain the difference between these words so that you learn to use them correctly.

IELTS often has questions in both writing and speaking about the problems of eating fast food or problems with the modern diet. Making mistakes with these words is common and will damage your band score.

  • Obesity (n) / Obese (adj) = a medical condition when excess body fat has accumulated and can have a negative impact on a persons health by contributing to health problems such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes or kidney problems. This term is often used incorrectly and is only used in extreme cases when a person’s weight is a serious health concern and is labelled as a medical condition.
  • Overweight (n) / Overweight (adj) = weighing more than is considered normal or more than is optimally healthy and can cause some health concerns depending on how overweight a person is. This is neither negative or positive in meaning and is just a statement of a person’s size.
  • Fat = being larger than normal. This is used informally to describe people who are considered larger than average. It is not a polite term to use and can be offensive to people.

Practice Vocabulary Questions

Fill in the sentences below with the correct word listed above. Make sure you use the correct form of the word. A word may be used more than once.

  1. Many people who have a sedentary lifestyle are …………………. because they do not participate in regular exercise.
  2. My next door neighbour got quite ………… when she went to live in America for a year. I think she ate fast food most the time.
  3. 14 million children worldwide under the age of 5 were either overweight or ………….. in 2016.
  4. Worldwide ………… has nearly tripled since 1975.
  5. It is easy for people to become ……………….. if they do not eat a healthy diet.

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    June 10, 2019 at

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  16. Trebla says
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  34. Batish Hakim says
    June 7, 2019 at

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  41. Evelinda Ruiz says
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  56. Dhruvkumar Patel says
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    June 7, 2019 at

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  71. Sabbir Ahmed says
    June 7, 2019 at

    1/OVERWEIGHT
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  75. Bharat says
    June 7, 2019 at

    Hi Liz,
    You are doing great service to the students. Appreciate all your efforts. I have a question in listening, hope you will help me.
    Question type — short answer no more than 3 words
    Question : how often will the students have to write essays?

    In recording the speaker says “you will have to write one essay each week ”

    What should be the answer in this case.
    A. As we hear in the recording do we have to use the same words “one each week ”
    B. Weekly
    C. Once a week
    D. Every week.

    Thankyou.

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  76. Charysma says
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  83. Terry says
    June 7, 2019 at

    1. Overweight, 2. Fat, 3. Obese, 4. Obesity, 5. Obese

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  85. Amandeep Kaur says
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  86. Hsio Ching says
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    1. Overweight
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  88. Gift says
    June 7, 2019 at

    1 obese.
    2 fat.
    3 obese.
    4 obesity
    5 fat/ obese.

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  89. Ashika says
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  90. Melanie says
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  91. Ishrat Brishty says
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    A. Obase
    B. Overweight
    C. Obase
    D. Obesity
    E. Fat

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  92. Ishrat Brishty says
    June 7, 2019 at

    A. Obase
    B. Overweight
    C. Fat
    D. Obesity
    E. Fat

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  93. rehab says
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    1- overweight
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  94. Morli says
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    1.obese
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    1. Overweight
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  96. Comfort says
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    1 obese
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  97. Aderonke says
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    1. Obese
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  98. Iroh Juliet Nma says
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    1. Obesed
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  100. Perpetual says
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    1. Overweight
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    1. Overweight
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    1. Overweight
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  103. Sanker says
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    1- Obese
    2- Overweight
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    5- Fat

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  104. Lola says
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    1.overweight
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  105. Lilian Oha says
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    1. Overweight
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  106. Tommy says
    June 7, 2019 at

    What about diabetes?!

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    Overweight
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  108. Jennifer Fasakin says
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    1. Overweight
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  109. neeru says
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    1. obese
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  110. Fanoro Mokesioluwa says
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    1. Overweight
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  111. Hammett says
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    1. fat
    2. overweight
    3. fat
    4. obesity
    5. obese

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  112. Olivia says
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    1. Overweight
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  113. Nimra says
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    1.Obese
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    5.Over weight

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  114. Shraddha Sreelal says
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    1) overweight
    2) fat
    3) obese
    4) obesity
    5) overweight

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  115. Lenient Okpogor says
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    1.obese
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  116. Neha Sharma says
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    1. Overweight
    2. Fat
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    5. Fat

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  117. Deborah sunil says
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    1. Obesity , 2. Overweight, 3. Obese .4. Fat. 5. Overweight

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  118. Praveena says
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    1)overweight
    2)fat
    3)obesed
    4)obesity
    5)fat

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  119. Amaka says
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    1: Overweight
    2: Fat
    3: Obessed
    4: Obesity
    5: Overweight

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  120. Srasvan Kumar G says
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    1 Over weight
    2 Fat
    3 Obese
    4 fat
    5 overweight

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  121. Lalita Lalwani says
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    1. Overweight
    2. Overweight
    3. Fat
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    5. Fat

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  122. Usmanto Darjo says
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    1.overweight
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    1.overweight
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  124. Nora ragab says
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    1-obese 2-fat 3-obese 4-obesity 5-overweight

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    Overweight
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    1.overweight
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    1. Overweight
    2. Fat
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    5. Fat

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  128. Nurul hani says
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    1)overweight
    2)fat
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  129. Amandeep says
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    1) Obese
    2) Fat
    3) Obese
    4)Overweight
    5)fat

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  130. Dee says
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    1- overweight
    2- fat
    3- obese
    4- obesity
    5- overweight

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  131. Dorcas says
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    1. Overweight
    2. Fat
    3. Obesed
    4. Obesity
    5. Obesed

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    1. Obese
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    5. Obese

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  133. Sarah says
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    1. Obese
    2. Overweight
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    5. Overweight

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  134. Loveth says
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    1: Overweight
    2: Obese
    3: Fat
    4:Obesity
    5: Obese

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  135. Preet says
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    1) OBESE
    2) OVERWEIGHT
    3) FAT
    4) OBESITY
    5) OVERWEIGHT

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  136. Thien says
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    1 obese
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    4 obesity
    5 overweight

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  137. nadjia says
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    1- Overweight
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    4-obesity
    5-fat

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  138. Mitesh rajput says
    June 7, 2019 at

    Hello madam I am Mitesh Rajput from India. My IELTS result of 23rd may 2019 has reveal & I scored L6 W6 R7 & S5.5 . should I go for revaluation in speaking module please suggest me your decision is important for me. Thank you.

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  139. Sanjay patel says
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    1-fat
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    5-fatty

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    1. overweight
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  141. Rajbir kaur says
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    Fat
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