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But animal studies also suggest that early life exposure to some EDCs can cause weight gain later in life, and, as a result, have been called «obesogens.»

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.

But, she says, the finding that dust contains bulge - inducing components, dubbed «obesogens,» raises the question of whether the contaminants play a role in the obesity epidemic.

Increasing your nutrient quality, reducing chemical and microbial exposure, and avoiding obesogens and psychological stress can make all the difference in keeping your predisposition to obesity from becoming a reality.

Obesogens are chemicals in our environment that slow our metabolism and wreak havoc on our bodies.

And in my experience, xenoestrogens (which mimic the effects of estrogen and can be found in plants, plastics, and preservatives) are the most noteworthy obesogens.

These obesogens are found in dairy products due to the plastic tubing used to milk cows.

Obesogens aren't just found in your cookware; they are also in plastic containers and plastic bottles.

These antibiotics also aid in fattening up fish and chicken and can do the same when humans eat them, which is why antibiotics are considered obesogens.

This obesogen, found in many food products, can wreak havoc on the insulin and appetite - regulating hormones, fooling you into thinking you're hungry, even if you are not.

While the main causes of obesity are still imbalances in energy levels and improper diets, the school of thought surrounding obesogens continues to grow.

Obesogens are present in a number of things people touch, use, eat off of and drink out of on a daily basis, all of which have a seriously detrimental effect on the body.

Evan Brand: Yeah, so that's a good point that you already hit on is there are a lot of sources of stress that women honestly may not be aware of in terms — in terms of the obesogens for example, the hormone - disrupting chemicals that are out there that can cause you to gain weight.

These substances, which are actually able to mimic hormones in the body, are now being called «obesogens».

In the featured video below Dr. Raleigh Duncan, founder and designer of our Clearlight Sauna ® models, explain the direct relationship between weight loss and the toxins called obesogens as well as the chemical BPA.

Bruce Blumberg, professor of developmental and cell biology and pharmaceutical sciences at the University of California, Irvine, who coined the term «obesogen,» studies the effect that organotins — a class of persistent organic pollutants that are widely used in the manufacture of polyvinylchloride plastics, as fungicides and pesticides on crops, as slimicides in industrial water systems, as wood preservatives, and as marine antifouling agents — have on the body's metabolism.

Anytime you're really wanting to clean out and there's so much... Because we're in constant exposure to low level damaging chemicals, not just endocrine disruptors but many of them, it's much harder to have a regular healthy weight today than it was in the 1980s because of these work like obesogens.

Remember that obesogens accumulate in the food chain too, including fish and other animals, so we are consuming those chemicals when we eat these foods.

Obesogens are not only ubiquitous in the environment, but they also accumulate in fat tissue and the liver, creating more toxic load and inflammation that can potentially lead to obesity.

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.

Even weight gain has been associated with certain toxins that are being categorized as obesogens, chemicals in the environment that are altering our metabolism.

And because they are farmed in enclosed pens, they are fed antibiotics (an obesogen) as well.

Cereal glutens, phytases, GMOs, herbicide residues, and various chemical and pharmaceutical «obesogens» may be co-factors in diet - related health problems.