ApocaDocs: Pesticide in womb may promote obesity, study finds

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Posted Thu Oct 7 2010: from Science News:


	Pesticide in womb may promote obesity, study finds http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1286410671 One-quarter of babies born to women who had relatively high concentrations of a DDT-breakdown product in their blood grew unusually fast for at least the first year of life, a study finds. Not only is this prevalence of accelerated growth unusually high, but it's also a worrisome trend since such rapid growth during early infancy has -- in other studies -- put children on track to become obese. Affected babies in the new study weighed no more than normal at birth, so growth in the womb was unaffected. Their moms were also normal weight -- which is significant because babies born to overweight and obese women sometimes undergo rapid growth.

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'Doc Michael says:

They may be obese, but at least they're pest-free.