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obesogen

obesogen noun: a chemical or other factor that disturbs the body's normal processes, causing it to tend toward obesity.

Noun

obesogen (plural obesogens)

  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...2004 January 1, Tim Lobstein, “Child obesity: public health meets the global economy”, in Consumer Policy Review

Forms of obesogen

pluralobesogens

Origin of obesogen

* Back-formation from obesogenic.

Questions about obesogen

What does obesogen mean?
Obesogen means a chemical or other factor that disturbs the body's normal processes, causing it to tend toward obesity.
What part of speech is obesogen?
Obesogen is a noun.
What is the plural of obesogen?
The plural of obesogen is obesogens.

Words near obesogen in the dictionary

  1. obesigenic
  2. obesities
  3. obesity
  4. obesity hypoventilation syndrome
  5. obesity hypoventilation syndromes
  6. obesogen
  7. obesogenesis
  8. obesogenic
  9. obesogenicity
  10. obesogens
  11. obesophobia

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