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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.1d1" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">Medical Scientific Bulletin of Central Chernozemye (Naučno-medicinskij vestnik Centralʹnogo Černozemʹâ)</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>Medical Scientific Bulletin of Central Chernozemye (Naučno-medicinskij vestnik Centralʹnogo Černozemʹâ)</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="electronic">1990-472X</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Федеральное государственное бюджетное образовательное учреждение высшего образования "Воронежский государственный медицинский университет имени Н.Н. Бурденко" Министерства здравоохранения Российской Федерации</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">10943</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18499/1990-472X-2025-26-2-47-56</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject></subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Obesity prevention in the enlish-speaking healthcare: the specifics of communication</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name name-style="western"><surname>Stebletsova</surname><given-names>Anna Olegovna</given-names></name><bio>&lt;p&gt;Doctor of Philology, Professor, Head of the Department of Foreign Languages&lt;/p&gt;</bio><email>annastebl@vrngmu.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name name-style="western"><surname>Voronova</surname><given-names>Sophia Alexandrovna</given-names></name><bio>&lt;p&gt;student&lt;/p&gt;</bio><email>sofiavoronova9203@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name name-style="western"><surname>Sorokina</surname><given-names>Tatyana Olegovna</given-names></name><bio>&lt;p&gt;student&lt;/p&gt;</bio><email>tatiana.140825@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name name-style="western"><surname>Potrashkov</surname><given-names>Rodion Valerievich</given-names></name><bio>&lt;p&gt;student&lt;/p&gt;</bio><email>2105rodioha2005@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff id="aff-1">N.N. Burdenko Voronezh State Medical University of the Russian Ministry of Health</aff><pub-date date-type="epub" iso-8601-date="2025-11-10" publication-format="electronic"><day>10</day><month>11</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>26</volume><issue>2</issue><fpage>47</fpage><lpage>56</lpage><history><pub-date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2025-07-02"><day>02</day><month>07</month><year>2025</year></pub-date></history><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright © 2025, Medical Scientific Bulletin of Central Chernozemye (Naučno-medicinskij vestnik Centralʹnogo Černozemʹâ)</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year></permissions><abstract>&lt;p&gt;Obesity prevention efffectiveness largely depends on relevant choice of pragmatic, textual and language means of communication. The objective of the research is to identify communicative features of obesity preventiobn in the English medical discourse. The text material was collected from the official website of healthcare institution of the UK, US and WHO. The reseach has employed the methods of desciptive and comparative analysis, as well as contextual and interpretative analysis. The main findings of the reserach cover pragmatic, textual and language specifics of obesity communication in the British, American and European healthcare discourse. The authors claim that pragmatic status of communicants (expert / non-expert) determines the choice of communicative strategies, e.g. direct /indirect communicative impact, the key of communication (formal / informal) and choice of vocabulary (colloquial/ neutral/ academic). Direct communicative impact (advice, instruction, warning) in obesity prevention is typical for the British and American non-expect audience, whereas indirect communicative impact (information) is predominant in WHO obesity prevention which is aimed at expect audience. The authors have made the conclusion that the awareness and use of pragmatic, textual and language features of communication can contribute to the enhancement of its effectiveness in obesity prevention.&lt;/p&gt;</abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>obesity prevention</kwd><kwd>effective communication</kwd><kwd>pragmatic, textual and language characteristics</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>профилактика ожирения</kwd><kwd>эффективная коммуникация</kwd><kwd>прагматические, текстовые и языковые характеристики.</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>1. «Об основах охраны здоровья граждан в Российской Федерации» Федеральный закон от 21.11.2011 № 323-ФЗ (ред. от 28.04.2023) пункт 6 статья 2</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B2"><label>2.</label><mixed-citation>2. 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