Kids with higher levels of the widely used substance BPA in their bodies are more likely to be obese, according to the first large-scale, nationally representative study to link an environmental chemical with obesity in children and teens. Researchers acknowledge that their study's design doesn't allow them to definitely conclude that BPA caused the children's obesity, but the findings add to a growing body of research questioning BPA's safety, says Philip Landrigan, director of the Children
...moreKids with higher levels of the widely used substance BPA in their bodies are more likely to be obese, according to the first large-scale, nationally representative study to link an environmental chemical with obesity in children and teens. Researchers acknowledge that their study's design doesn't allow them to definitely conclude that BPA caused the children's obesity, but the findings add to a growing body of research questioning BPA's safety, says Philip Landrigan, director of the Children's Environmental Health Center at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. The findings were published in today's Journal of the American Medical Association.
