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Obesity and Diabetes
Study data from National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences provide new insights into obesity and diabetes
June 3rd, 2008
According to a study from the United States, "Environmental chemicals with hormone-like activity can disrupt the programming of endocrine signalling pathways that are established during perinatal life and result in adverse consequences that may not be apparent until much later in life. Increasing evidence implicates developmental exposure to environmental hormone mimics with a growing list of adverse health consequences in both males and females." "Most recently, obesity has been proposed to be yet another adverse health effect of exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) during critical stages of development. Obesity is quickly becoming a significant human...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-06-03)
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