Early Exposure to Environmental Chemicals may be Programming Kids to be Fat

Published: 21 September 2009

Category: Reproductive/Hormonal Changes, Studies/State & Federal Regulations

According to “NEWSWEEK,” early exposure to common chemicals in the environment may be programming kids to be fat. Certain hormone-mimicking pollutants, ubiquitous in the food chain, reportedly act on genes in the developing fetus and newborn to turn more precursor cells into fat cells, which stay with a person for life.

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