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Pronunciation
- /əʊbiːsəˈdʒɛnɪk/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree English obese Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)lbor. French -gènebor. Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -genic English obesogenic From obese + -genic.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Causing obesity.
Some authors have characterized the so-called obesogenic family and have observed the similarity between this kind of family constellation and that of the schizophrenic patient
1970 July 1, Jimmie Holland with Joseph Masling and Donald Copley, “Mental Illness in Lower Class Normal, Obese and Hyperobese Women”, in Psychosomatic Medicine, volume 32, number 4, pages 351–357:Thus the changes of lifestyle, concerning diet and physical activity, ie obesogenic environment, was assumed responsible. In addition, the effect of thrifty genotype has been also considered - especially in the countries where obesity […]
1973, Abstracts in Anthropology, volume 4: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.
2004, New Scientist, 30 October 2004, page 46
Antonyms
Deriveds
obesogen · antiobesogenic · obesogenesis
Translations (8)
ru приводя́щий к ожире́нию (causing obesity) · ga murtallaigineach (causing obesity) · de fettfördernd (causing obesity) · es obesógeno (causing obesity) · fi lihottava (causing obesity) · ru спосо́бствующий ту́чности (causing obesity) · ru спосо́бствующий изли́шней полноте́ (causing obesity) · fr obésogène (causing obesity)