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obesogens

obesogens is the plural of obesogen.

Meaning of obesogen

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

Questions about obesogens

What is obesogens the plural of?
Obesogens is the plural of obesogen.

Words near obesogens in the dictionary

  1. obesity hypoventilation syndromes
  2. obesogen
  3. obesogenesis
  4. obesogenic
  5. obesogenicity
  6. obesogens
  7. obesophobia
  8. obestatin
  9. obestatins
  10. obeticholic acid
  11. obetrioside

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