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From the Pittsburgh Post Gazette:


"Air pollution can make your children fat.


That was just one of the more surprising findings of a decade-long public health study by Frederica Perera, an environmental health researcher at Columbia University and one of five winners of this year’s Heinz Awards.
Dr. Perera’s research tracked the pre- and post-natal health of 720 mother-child pairs in New York City.


"She found that in addition to causing infant mortality, low birth weight, allergies, asthma, slower brain development and respiratory illnesses, there is also a correlation between exposure to air pollutants and childhood obesity.


“Exposure to endocrine disruptors in the air can alter the normal hormonal signalling and affect growth and development, so there is a tendency for some children to become more obese," Dr. Perera said.


“We are concerned about pre-natal exposures because they can cause greater absorption and retention of toxics in the developing child,” she said. “Because such children have immature biological defenses against exposures, chronic diseases that affect someone later in life can be seeded.”


I am looking for a link to further information. But I'm interested to know it's not all about diet. Or genetics, or what one can do about reversing them.