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Is the word 'of' correct in that sentence? Also, would in/influencing work as well? Which ones are possible? Factors 'for' the increased prevalence of obesity and diabetes.

Clive · Accepted Answer

Is the word 'of' correct in that sentence? No.
Also, would in/influencing work as well? No.
Which ones are possible?

Factors 'for' the increased prevalence of obesity and diabetes

The meaning of 'factors' here is a bit unclear to me.
Do you mean 'reasons'?
ie Reasons for the increased prevalence of obesity and diabetes.

Clive

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Thanks for replying, Clive.

CliveIs the word 'of' correct in that sentence? No.

Sorry,I meant to say is the word 'for' correct?

CliveThe meaning of 'factors' here is a bit unclear to me.Do you mean 'reasons'?

Yes, 'factors' means the causes or reasons. That is a common term that we use in medicine.

CliveReasons for the increased prevalence of obesity and diabetes.

The original sentences uses 'influencing', but I was wondering if 'for' is correct.

So do you think that both 'influencing' and 'in' are not possible? I feel that 'in' is wrong, but I am not sure about 'influencing.

Clive · Answer

Sorry,I meant to say is the word 'for' correct? I wouldn't say it is wrong, but it sounds odd to me.
'Influencing' is better.

i prefer 'reasons' to 'factors', but 'factors' is OK if it is the common term used by doctors.

Clive

Anonymous · Answer

CliveSorry,I meant to say is the word 'for' correct? I wouldn't say it is wrong, but it sounds odd to me.'Influencing' is better.

I thought you said 'influencing' and 'in' do not work. So is only 'in' not possible?

Clivei prefer 'reasons' to 'factors', but 'factors' is OK if it is the common term used by doctors.

I will use 'reasons', as I think that the sentence follows better with it.

(Reasons influencing the increased prevalence of diabetes and obesity)
(Reasons for the increased prevalence of diabetes and obesity)

So are both possible but 'influencing is better?

Clive · Answer

I didn't like 'influencing' at first, because I didn't like 'factors'.

Now, when I give it more thought -
Reasons for sounds like you are talking about the causes of the increased prevalence.
Reasons influencing sounds like you might want to talk about causes or about reasons that slow down the increased prevalence. In other words, the word 'influencing' can work in either direction.

So, I prefer 'for'.

Clive

Anonymous · Answer

CliveSo, I prefer 'for'.

Thanks, Clive. If you have other suggestions let me know. For now, I will use 'Reasons for...'

Which sentence do you think works better:
Reasons for the increased prevalence of diabetes and obesity.
Reasons for the increase in prevalence of diabetes and obesity.

Clive · Answer

I prefer #1.

Anonymous · Answer

CliveI prefer #1.

Thank you. I will use that!

Just curious, the second is grammatically correct, right?

Clive · Answer

Anonymous · Answer

CliveYes

Thank you very much for your help!!

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