Prenatal Exposure To Chemicals With Higher BMI In Toddlers

Wednesday, January 21, 2009 - 01:39 in Health & Medicine

A new study reveals an association between prenatal exposure to environmental pollutants and elevated body mass index (BMI) during the first three years of life, as reported in Environmental Health Perspectives. The study also found associations between exposures to various pollutants and birth weight and length.

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