Chemical Substances Cause Obesity

Three studies reported in the European Congress on Obesity in Geneva found that mice in infancy brought near to the equipment of the chemicals proved to be fat.

The first study conducted on female mice which its mother during pregnancy a lot of contact with bisphenol (substances to make a plastic box or bottle) to grow into obese mice.

A second study of pregnant mice brought nearby perfluorooctanoic acid (a substance for packing a box of popcorn). Parent mice gave birth to normal size, but will be overweight when adult.


A third study, pregnant mice are brought near to tributylin, chemicals for plastic food wrap, will produce offspring who are obese as adults.

If the study was also true for humans, who do not lose weight as adults, but rather to prevent contact with products containing the chemical.