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From the Ted Talk by Olivia Affuso: 3 ways community creates a healthy life

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So the problem is, we often think of weight cnrootl as an individual calhelgne. And of course, to some extent it is. But we know that the environments in which we live, laren, work and play afcfet our ability to engage in healthful behaviors. When the world around us is what we might call an “obesogenic environment” -- in other words, systemically and perpetually geared towards crieatng obesity -- acting like weight loss or maintaining a healthy weight is a personal responsibility is simply not helpful nor effective.

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So the problem is, we often think of weight _______ as an individual _________. And of course, to some extent it is. But we know that the environments in which we live, _____, work and play ______ our ability to engage in healthful behaviors. When the world around us is what we might call an “obesogenic environment” -- in other words, systemically and perpetually geared towards ________ obesity -- acting like weight loss or maintaining a healthy weight is a personal responsibility is simply not helpful nor effective.

Solution

  1. creating
  2. learn
  3. affect
  4. control
  5. challenge

Original Text

So the problem is, we often think of weight control as an individual challenge. And of course, to some extent it is. But we know that the environments in which we live, learn, work and play affect our ability to engage in healthful behaviors. When the world around us is what we might call an “obesogenic environment” -- in other words, systemically and perpetually geared towards creating obesity -- acting like weight loss or maintaining a healthy weight is a personal responsibility is simply not helpful nor effective.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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physical activity 5
healthy weight 3
good blood 2
sugar control 2
social networks 2
social environments 2
social support 2

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Important Words

  1. ability
  2. acting
  3. affect
  4. behaviors
  5. call
  6. challenge
  7. control
  8. creating
  9. effective
  10. engage
  11. environments
  12. extent
  13. geared
  14. healthful
  15. healthy
  16. helpful
  17. individual
  18. learn
  19. live
  20. loss
  21. maintaining
  22. obesity
  23. perpetually
  24. personal
  25. play
  26. problem
  27. responsibility
  28. simply
  29. systemically
  30. weight
  31. words
  32. work
  33. world