2005
NIEHS Spearheads Effort to Evaluate Environmental Factors in Childhood Obesity Epidemic

NIEHS brings together national and community leaders with researchers to determine how a child's environment increases the risk for obesity and to identify ways the environment can be changed to address this health epidemic. More than 700 people gathered for the two-day conference, "Environmental Solutions to Obesity in America's Youth."
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News Releases:
- 2009: New Data Analysis Shows Possible Link Between Childhood Obesity and Allergies
- 2005: NIEHS Brings Researchers and Leaders Together to Find Environmental Solutions to Childhood Obesity
Environmental Health Perspectives articles:
- Obesity: Childhood BMI Rises with Prenatal Exposure to Hexachlorobenzene
- Environment and Obesity in the National Children’s Study
- Obesity and Asthma Risk in School-Age Children
- Chemical Exposures: Exploring Developmental Origins of Obesity
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