how to pronounce obesity

/əʊˈbiː.sə.ti/

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obesity is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of obesity in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… the uk has a major obesity crisis nearly …”

meanings of obesity

noun:

The state of being obese due to an excess of body fat.

obesity frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word obesity occurs in english on average 2.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.