obesogenic
adjective
obe·so·gen·ic
ə-ˌbē-sə-ˈje-nik 
: promoting excessive weight gain : producing obesity
an obesogenic environment
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Formulated by Ken Thomas and Dr. Michael Yang,Protetox aims to effectively counteract these deadly obesogenic toxins and lead to significant weight loss results.
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James Robinson, Discover Magazine, 29 Dec. 2022
People live nowadays in these obesogenic food landscapes.
—Christopher Marquis, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022
And corporate lobbyists have blocked regulation of dangerous products like firearms, obesogenic foods and addictive medications.
—Jacob Bor, Scientific American, 5 Mar. 2021
The rules insulate you from the come-hither, obesogenic, food environment known as normal.
—Tamar Haspel, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2020
Before about 1950, few of us faced an obesogenic environment.
—Tamar Haspel, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2019
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James Robinson, Discover Magazine, 29 Dec. 2022
People live nowadays in these obesogenic food landscapes.
—Christopher Marquis, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022
And corporate lobbyists have blocked regulation of dangerous products like firearms, obesogenic foods and addictive medications.
—Jacob Bor, Scientific American, 5 Mar. 2021
The rules insulate you from the come-hither, obesogenic, food environment known as normal.
—Tamar Haspel, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2020
Before about 1950, few of us faced an obesogenic environment.
—Tamar Haspel, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2019
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obesogenic
adjective
obe·so·gen·ic
ə-ˌbē-sə-ˈje-nik, ō-
: promoting excessive weight gain : producing obesity
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.—Alison Motluk, New Scientist
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