obesogenic
adj.— «What is remarkable is not that people are getting fat but that anybody is managing to stay slim, when we are living in what has been termed an ‘obesogenic environment.’» —“Fat of the land plagues society” by Michelle Weidenhofer Daily Telegraph (Sydney, Australia) Sept. 30, 1996. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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