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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.
Open Cloze
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
- creating
- learn
- affect
- control
- 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.
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