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'Obesogenic' is a recent medical term for factors tending to make individuals fat. ... A strange-looking word, it comes from obese plus the ending -genic, something tending to generate or create. ... It refers to conditions that lead people to become excessively fat — a worrying trend in developed countries,
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Dissecting obesogenic environments: the development and application of a framework for identifying and prioritizing environmental interventions for obesity. ... Characterizing the obesogenic environment: the state of the evidence with directions for future research.
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We all live in an obesogenic environment.1 The availability of high energy dense, palatable, inexpensive food is only surpassed by the mechanized ...
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What is an obesogenic environment? ... The most culpable factors in the obesogenic environment are: ... In this view, simply advocating healthier diets and more exercise is largely a waste of time unless major structural changes are made in our overall obesogenic culture.
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"Obesogenic" is not likely a term that you have heard before, but you may be hearing it more in the future. It refers to an environment that promotes gaining weight and one that is not conducive to losing weight.
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A strong collocate of the term obesogenic is therefore the word environment, as illustrated in the citation above, used in the description of factors such as lack of exercise and increased consumption of pre-prepared foods containing excessive sugar and fats.
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obesogenic: related to or contributing to obesity. . English, Food & Drink, Health, Medical, Jargon ... Citations: 1996 Michelle Weidenhofer Daily Telegraph (Sydney, Australia) (Sept. ... The elephant in the language (8/12)
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The Obesogenic Environment; By Nelson Roque ... "Obesogenic adj. related to or contributing to obesity" ... The term "obesogenic environment" popped up in the 1990s to describe an environment that encourages the over indulgence of energy dense foods, that is, foods high in fat and sugar. Eating fat has very little effect...
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The BBC published a story this week about a massive study in the UK regarding the underlying causes of the obesity epidemic. One of the key messages of We excerpt portions of that below. ... Individuals can no longer be held responsible for obesity so government must act to stop Britain “sleepwalking” into a crisis,
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"It's obesogenic," says Freedhoff. With help from a dietician, he calculated that the fewest calories anyone scrupulously following the new guide would consume daily is 1700 (females aged 19–50), assuming they only drank water, didn't use salad dressing or have dessert.
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