Question

Veronica's parents both have adult onset diabetes and she herself is overweight. Her doctor suggested that she walk daily for exercise as one way to prevent getting the disease herself. Unfortunately, it's difficult for her to walk in her neighborhood because the sidewalks are in disrepair. In addition, she works at a desk job and sits for most of the day. These obstacles are characteristic of :

Answer 1

an obesogenic environment.

Step-by-step explanation:

An obesogenic environment is an environment that induces the adoption of inappropriate eating behaviors and activities, considered the main factors in the development of obesity and related problems such as diabetes and hypertension. Voronica finds herself in an obesogenic environment as she finds it difficult to walk as an exercise because the sidewalks of her bass are in poor quality and she spends all day working without doing much physical movement.