Medical abbreviation for メタボリックシンドローム. Used in health contexts, often in compounds like メタボ健診.
See also: メタボリックシンドローム
メタボ健診で引っかかってしまった。
I got flagged in the metabolic syndrome screening.
Colloquial extension referring to a person with a bulging waistline or being overweight, often used humorously or self-deprecatingly.
最近ちょっとメタボになってきたかも。
I might be getting a bit chubby lately.
あの課長、完全にメタボだよね。
That section chief is totally overweight, isn't he.
losing weight; dieting
normal weight obesity; metabolically obese normal weight
danger zone for metabolic syndrome
metabolism · Metabolism (architectural movement)
Abbreviation of メタボリックシンドローム (metabolic syndrome), from English 'metabolic'.