Background: Chemical and nonchemical environmental exposures are increasingly
suspected to influence the development of obesity, especially during early life, but studies …

Background Few resources exist for prospective, longitudinal analysis of the relationships
between early life environment and later obesity in large diverse samples of children in the …

Objective In this review we describe the approach taken by the National Children's Study
(NCS), a 21-year prospective study of 100,000 American children, to understanding the role …

The role of environmental chemicals in obesity has garnered increased attention in
academic and policy spheres, and was recently acknowledged by the Presidential Task …

Background Prenatal exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) has been linked to
cardiometabolic (CM) risk factors in childhood, but there are no studies evaluating the …

Background Evolving animal studies and limited epidemiological data show that prenatal air
pollution exposure is associated with childhood obesity. Timing of exposure and child sex …

Background Prior epidemiological and animal work has linked in utero exposure to ambient
air pollutants (AAP) with accelerated postnatal weight gain, which is predictive of increased …

Background Infant exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) may contribute to
obesity. However, many studies so far have been small, focused on transplacental …

Background Prenatal exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals such as persistent
organic pollutants (POPs) may increase risk of obesity later in life. Objective We examined …

Background: Developmental periods in early life may be particularly vulnerable to impacts of
environmental exposures. Human research on this topic has generally focused on single …