Invited Perspective: PFAS and the Childhood Obesity Phenotype--Challenges and Opportunities

Authors :: Stratakis, Nikos
Vrijheid, Martine
Source :: Environmental Health Perspectives. June, 2023, Vol. 131 Issue 6, 61301
Publication Year :: 2023
Abstract: Childhood obesity represents a public health crisis with serious long-term consequences. (1) The 'metabolism-disrupting chemical' hypothesis postulates that environmental chemicals with endocrine-disrupting ability have the potential to alter the body's [...]

Subjects :: Obesity in children -- Risk factors -- Environmental aspects
Pediatric research
Phenotype -- Research
Prenatal influences -- Research
Environmental issues
Health

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