- as a result; therefore
- This poses a threat to agriculture and the food chain, and consequently to human health.
- She failed her exams and was consequently unable to start her studies at college.
Language Bank consequentlyconsequentlyDescribing the effect of somethingTopics Change, cause and effectb2- One consequence of changes in diet over recent years has been a dramatic increase in cases of childhood obesity.
- Many parents today do not have time to cook healthy meals for their children. Consequently/As a consequence, many children grow up eating too much junk food.
- Many children spend their free time online instead of playing outside. As a result, more and more of them are becoming overweight.
- Last year junk food was banned in schools. The effect of this has been to create a black market in the playground, with pupils bringing sweets from home to sell to other pupils.
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