The interplay between environmental chemical exposures and obesity : proceedings of a workshop /

"In March 2015, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a workshop to explore the role that chemical exposures may play in the development of obesity. The obesity epidemic that has gripped the United States and much of the developed world for the past several decades...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Pool, Robert (rapporteur.)
Corporate Authors: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine (sponsoring body.), Interplay between Environmental Chemical Exposures and Obesity (Workshop)
Format: Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, DC : National Academies Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Obesity > Effect of environment on.
Obesity > Epidemiology.
Obesity > Etiology.
Environmental toxicology.
Environmental Pollutants > toxicity
Obesity > chemically induced
Environmental Exposure > adverse effects
Obesity > epidemiology
Ecotoxicology
Obésité > Effets de l'environnement sur.
Obésité > Épidémiologie.
Obésité > Étiologie.
Écotoxicologie.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Medical.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
Environmental toxicology
Obesity > Epidemiology
Obesity > Etiology
United States > epidemiology
Congress
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Framing the problem
  • Developmental view of the role of chemical exposures and obesity
  • Biological pathways and environmental influences
  • Other possible contributors to obesity
  • Research needs
  • Obesity policy solutions discussed at the workshop
  • A. Workshop agenda
  • B. Speaker biographical sketches.

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