obesogenic
adjUK /əʊbiːsəˈdʒɛnɪk/
Etymology From obese + -genic.
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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 patient1970 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:
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- 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
- leptogenic
- Derived terms
- antiobesogenic, obesogen, obesogenesis