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Obesogens in Adolescence: Challenging Aspects and Prevention Strategies [PDF]

Children
Childhood obesity has become a global epidemic, with significant increases in prevalence over recent decades. While excessive calorie consumption and physical inactivity are known factors, emerging research highlights the role of endocrine-disrupting ...
Meropi Toumba
exaly   +4 more sources

Editorial: Obesogens in the XXI century: emerging health challenges volume II [PDF]

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2023
Ana C. A. Sousa, Ana C. A. Sousa, Govindan Malarvannan, Tomohiko Isobe, Luís Rato, Luís Rato   +5 more
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The Impact of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals in Male Fertility: Focus on the Action of Obesogens

Journal of Xenobiotics, 2021
The current scenario of male infertility is not yet fully elucidated; however, there is increasing evidence that it is associated with the widespread exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), and in particular to obesogens.
Luís Rato, Ana C A Sousa
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Bisphenol A and DDT disrupt adipocyte function in the mammary gland: implications for breast cancer risk and progression [PDF]

Frontiers in Oncology
As breast cancer incidence continues to rise worldwide, there is a pressing need to understand the environmental factors that contribute to its development.
Sarah M. Bernhardt, Carrie D. House, Carrie D. House   +2 more
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Bisphenol A substitutes and obesity: a review of the epidemiology and pathophysiology [PDF]

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2023
The prevalence of obesity, a condition associated with increased health risks, has risen significantly over the past several decades. Although obesity develops from energy imbalance, its etiology involves a multitude of other factors.
Shane V. Varghese, Julianne M. Hall
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Obesogens in Children—An Uncharted Territory

Metabolites, 2021
Obesogens are exogenous chemicals belonging to the group of endocrine-disrupting chemicals and are believed to interfere in obesity development. In children, several chemicals are under investigation, most commonly bisphenol A, phthalates, perfluorinated
Mirjam Močnik, Nataša Marčun Varda
exaly   +3 more sources

Obesogens in Foods

Biomolecules, 2022
Obesogens, as environmental endocrine-disrupting chemicals, are supposed to have had an impact on the prevalence of rising obesity around the world over the last forty years.
Iva Kladnicka, Monika Bludovská, Luděk Müller   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Role of Obesogens in the Pathogenesis of Obesity

Medicina (Lithuania), 2019
Obesity is considered to be a 20th century pandemic, and its prevalence correlates with the increasing global pollution and the presence of chemical compounds in the environment.
Tomasz Bednarczuk, Alina Kuryłowicz
exaly   +3 more sources

Endocrine disruption and obesity: A current review on environmental obesogens

Current Research in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 2020
Obesity represents an important public health concern because it substantially increases the risk of multiple chronic diseases and thereby contributing to a decline in both quality of life and life expectancy.
Radhika Gupta, Prashant Kumar, Nighat Fahmi   +2 more
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Obesogens: How They Are Identified and Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Their Action

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2021
Adult and childhood obesity have reached pandemic level proportions. The idea that caloric excess and insufficient levels of physical activity leads to obesity is a commonly accepted answer for unwanted weight gain.
Bruce Blumberg
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