Almost 2 billion adults in the world are overweight, and more than half of them are classified
as obese, while nearly one-third of children globally experience poor growth and …

The recent epidemics of metabolic diseases, obesity, type 2 diabetes (T2D), liver lipid
disorders and metabolic syndrome have largely been attributed to genetic background and …

Context Mounting evidence suggests that the origins of childhood obesity and related
disparities can be found as early as the “first 1,000 days”—the period from conception to age …

Childhood obesity has emerged as an important public health problem in the United States
and other countries in the world. Currently 1 in 3 children in the United States is afflicted with …

In recent years, many new studies have evaluated associations between environmental
pollutants and child health. This review aims to provide a broad summary of this literature …

Emerging contaminants occur in parts per trillion or less in aquatic matrices. The effects
related to the exposure of aquatic biota and human to them have been identified for different …

We conducted a systematic review and meta‐analysis of the associations between prenatal
exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and childhood obesity. We focused on …

Context: Obesity and diabetes are epidemic in the European Union (EU). Exposure to
endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) is increasingly recognized as a contributor …

Background Pregnant women may be co-exposed to multiple insecticides in regions where
both pyrethroids and dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) are used for indoor residual …

We examine the role of adipose tissue, typically considered an energy storage site, as a
potential site of toxicant accumulation. Although the production of most persistent organic …