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Children whose mothers smoked while pregnant have 1.5 to 2 times greater risk of obesity
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The risk of obesity is 1.5 to 2-fold greater in children whose mothers smoked during pregnancy notes a new paper on endocrine disrupters as causes of obesity by Bruce Blumberg from the University of California Irvine.
The exact quote from the paper is…
“Epidemiological studies of maternal smoking show that the adjusted odds ratio for obesity is between 1.5- and 2.0-fold greater if children were exposed during, but not prior or after, the pregnancy ([Al Mamun et al., 2006], [Oken et al., 2005] and [Power and Jefferis, 2002]).
They go on to note that…
“The increased obesity risk due to prenatal maternal smoking certainly provides a proof-of-concept that long-term dysregulation of metabolic homeostasis is relevant at a population level.”
REFERENCE
Grun F, Blumberg B. Endocrine disrupters as obesogens. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2009 May 25, 304(1-2):19-29.
AUTHOR’S CONTACT INFORMATION
Bruce Blumberg
Department of Developmental & Cell Biology
2011 Biological Sciences 3
University of California Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697-2300, USA
Tel.: +1 949 824 8573
fax: +1 949 824 4709
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