Obesity and Metabolic Comorbidities: Environmental Diseases?

Obesity and metabolic comorbidities represent increasing health problems. Endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) are exogenous agents that change endocrine function and cause adverse health effects. Most EDCs are synthetic chemicals; some are natural food components as phytoestrogens. People are exp...

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Main Authors: Carla Lubrano, Giuseppe Genovesi, Palma Specchia, Daniela Costantini, Stefania Mariani, Elisa Petrangeli, Andrea Lenzi, Lucio Gnessi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/640673