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obesogen en · NOUN

Etymology

* Back-formation from obesogenic.

Meanings

1. A chemical or other factor that disturbs the body's normal processes, causing it to tend toward obesity.
   • An 'obesogenic' environment / An environment containing stimuli that encourage obesity can be dubbed an 'obesogenic' environment. Obesity is communicated from parents to children through many potential Obesogens'^([sic]) - from the choices available at breakfast, the transport to school, the contents of the lunchbox, the weekend activities, the rules on eating sweets or the presence of TV sets in the bedroom. 2004 January 1, Tim Lobstein, “Child obesity: public health meets the global economy”, in Consumer Policy Review:

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Translations (2)

fi lihottava kemikaali (A chemical or other factor that causes obesity) · fi obesogeeni (A chemical or other factor that causes obesity)