Nutritional Modulation of Associations between Prenatal Exposure to Persistent Organic Pollutants and Childhood Obesity: A Prospective Cohort Study.

German Cano-SanchoCharline WarembourgNuria GüilNikos StratakisAitana LertxundiAmaia IrizarSabrina LlopMaria-Jose Lopez-EspinosaXavier BasagañaJuan Ramon GonzálezXavier CoumoulSílvia Fernández-BarrésJean-Philippe AntignacMartine VrijheidMaribel Casas

Published in: Environmental health perspectives (2023)

These results support that maternal nutritional status may modulate the effect of prenatal exposure to POPs on childhood overweight/obesity. These findings may help to develop a biological hypothesis for future toxicological studies and to better interpret inconsistent findings in epidemiological studies. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP11258.

Keyphrases

weight loss
pregnant women
weight gain
case control
metabolic syndrome
type diabetes
birth weight
physical activity
body mass index
high fat diet induced
early life