Study Links Prenatal Exposure to Chemicals With Higher BMI in Toddlers

Friday, January 16, 2009 - 10:36 in Health & Medicine

A new study reveals an association between prenatal exposure to environmental pollutants and elevated body mass index (BMI) during the first three years of life, as reported in the January 2009 issue of the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP). The study also found associations between exposures to various pollutants and birth weight and length.

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