A study published this month in Environment International followed 1,301 mother-child pairs across six European birth cohorts. Researchers measured prenatal and childhood exposure to 45 endocrine-disrupting chemicals across nine chemical classes, the study stated. About 28% of children were overweight or obese at age 8, rising to about 30% by age 15.
The findings add to a body of evidence linking chemical exposures during critical development stages to obesity risk, researchers wrote. The study assessed mixtures of chemicals rather than single substances, an approach intended to reflect real-life exposure through food, drinking water, plastics and personal care products. Endocrine-disrupting chemicals are among the most destructive chemicals in the environment and are linked to obesity, diabetes, reproductive dysfunction and some cancers, according to prior research [1].
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