Sentences with phrase «environmental obesogens»

There are both pharmaceutical obesogens and environmental obesogens.

Not exact matches

Frank Gilliland, an environmental epidemiologist at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, became intrigued when laboratory studies suggested that certain pollutants in the environment might function as «obesogens,» contributing to weight gain by mimicking or disrupting the action of hormones, or having other effects.

Use the Environmental Working Group's cosmetic database to find paraben - free products and make sure this sneaky obesogen doesn't find its way into your body.

To avoid BPA and phthalates, you can search the Environmental Working Group's database to check out what products contain these obesogens.

Obesogens are environmental toxins found in food, water, insecticides, plastics, cleaning products, cosmetics, etc. that negatively affect metabolism and may predispose some to weight gain.

At the biochemical level there is a growing body of experimental evidence suggesting certain environmental chemicals, or «obesogens», could disrupt the body's metabolism and contribute to the obesity epidemic,» she said.