http://www.obesityrates.net Information about obesity rates and defeating this worldwide epidemic Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:52:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.obesityrates.net/childhood-obesity-tied-to-plastics/ http://www.obesityrates.net/childhood-obesity-tied-to-plastics/#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2009 01:24:07 +0000 Obesity Watch http://www.obesityrates.net/?p=22 A long term study of girls in East Harlem, New York is showing that some of the chemicals used in plastics could be linked to obesity.  Childhood obesity rates continue to rise in the US.  The chemical in question is phthalates.  This phthalates can be endocrine disruptors affecting the metobolism rates in children.  The heaviest girls in this study had the heaviest levels of phthalates.  Nail polish and cosmetics are major phthalate products.

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