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The phrase "a small overweight" is not correct in standard written English.
It is typically used to describe someone who is slightly heavier than average, but the phrasing is awkward and not commonly accepted.
Example: "He has a small overweight that he is trying to manage through diet and exercise."
Alternatives: "a slight excess weight" or "a little extra weight".
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It was clearly cost effective to screen as opposed to not screen, but the optimal choice of rescreening strategy remained uncertain, as indicated by the probabilities for cost effectiveness being almost equally distributed among the three screening strategies (with a small overweight in favour of the rescreening strategies).
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"He may be small, overweight and dorky in his tastes, but having such a fine mind gives him the authority to attack big targets" – Leo Benedictus on Patton Oswalt in this week's Comedy Gold.
Because the number of children classified as obese was small, overweight including obesity (hereafter referred to as overweight unless otherwise noted) and BMI as a continuous variable were also modeled as secondary outcomes.
He's a little overweight.
And they were all a little overweight.
And he is a little overweight.
So say some researchers, who note that a small fraction of overweight people have normal blood sugar levels and blood pressure, and are thus "healthy obese".
Parental education had no direct or a small influence on overweight or obesity outcomes in six studies [ 57, 58, 60, 61, 68, 69].
It may be that more frequent weighing offers further advantages; Oshima et al. [ 35] demonstrated that twice-daily weighing resulted in greater weight loss than once-daily weighing in a small group of overweight adults.
Those randomized to intensive policy were further randomized to sulfonylurea (n = 1,573) or insulin (n = 1,156), and a small number of overweight patients were randomized to metformin (n = 342).
"We think the yield is enough in the medium term to justify a small position" of overweighting the index in Greek bonds, Mr. Keirle said.
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