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单词 obesogenic
释义

obesogenic

adjective

obe·​so·​gen·​ic ə-ˌbē-sə-ˈje-nik How to pronounce obesogenic (audio)
: promoting excessive weight gain : producing obesity
an obesogenic environment

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web People live nowadays in these obesogenic food landscapes. Christopher Marquis, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022 And corporate lobbyists have blocked regulation of dangerous products like firearms, obesogenic foods and addictive medications. Jacob Bor, Scientific American, 5 Mar. 2021 The rules insulate you from the come-hither, obesogenic, food environment known as normal. Tamar Haspel, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2020 Before about 1950, few of us faced an obesogenic environment. Tamar Haspel, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2019

Word History

Etymology

obese + -o- + -genic

First Known Use

1970, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

obesogenic

adjective

obe·​so·​gen·​ic ə-ˌbē-sə-ˈje-nik, ō- How to pronounce obesogenic (audio)
: promoting excessive weight gain : producing obesity
Ironically, the US's obesogenic environment is one that societies through the ages have dreamed of: tasty cheap food in abundance, and barely a lick of hard work to be done. Alison Motluk, New Scientist
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