They used a system of measurement called the Body Mass Index to define words like obese and overweight.

VOA: special.2009.07.21

So at a given level of overweight out here -twenty-seven, twenty-nine, thirty-one, thirty-three are the body mass index, the women are more likely to get Diabetes then the men are.

在超重情况下,如果体重一定,这里的27,29,31,33,表示体重指数,女性比男性更易患糖尿病

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

The only way that somebody can overweight Ford Motor Company in the market is to have somebody have a counter position where they underweight Ford Motor Company; only one of those is going to be right.

要增持福特公司股票,唯一途径就是找一个,想要减持福特股票的人,两方中只有一方能做出正确的证券选择

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

It found that overweight people between the ages of twenty and fifty-five may have a higher risk.

VOA: special.2009.03.18

People have referred to this as a J shaped curve with this little up tick in the left hand side and people--some people have sort of said, well maybe it's not so bad to be overweight because it's not so good to be underweight as well and that's a problem.

人们把这称为J形曲线,最左边有一个向上的弯钩,因此就有人说,也许超重也不一定就是一件坏事,因为体重过轻也不是什么好事,这是个问题

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

Overweight people have a higher risk of osteoarthritis.

VOA: special.2010.05.19

"Once a woman became overweight or obese, there was no relation between physical activity and weight change among these women."

VOA: standard.2010.03.30

A few years ago, OhioHealth,a hospital chain, decided to help its overweight employees slim down and lead a healthier life style.

VOA: standard.2010.07.16