Meanings
adjectiveskinny fat (not comparable)
- informalnot comparableBoth sarcopenic and obese.
One of the characteristic features of being skinny fat is having a large waist relative to your arms, so an easy place to start is by measuring your arms.
2025 June 17, Shane Duquette, Marco Walker-Ng, “What is Skinny Fat? And How to Know If You Are”, in Bony to Beastly, archived from the original on 15 Aug 2025
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