From the lectures presented at the 2nd International Workshop on Obesity and Environmental Contaminants, which was held in Uppsala, Sweden, on 8–9 October 2015, it became evident that the findings from numerous animal and epidemiological studies are consistent with the hypothesis that environmental contaminants could contribute to the global obesity epidemic. To increase awareness of this important issue among scientists, regulatory agencies, politicians, chemical industry management, and the general public, the authors summarize compelling scientific evidence that supports the hypothesis and discuss actions that could restrict the possible harmful effects of environmental contaminants on obesity.
1Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; 2Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; 3Swedish Toxicology Sciences Research Center (Swetox), Södertalje, Sweden; 4Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; 5Uppsala Clinical Research (UCR) Center, Uppsala, Sweden; 6Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Eulji University, Seoul, South Korea; 7Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands; 8CIBER de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas, CIBERDEM Instituto de Bioingeniería, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Elche, Alicante, Spain; 9Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea; 10Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA; 11Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA; 12Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) UMR1331 (Unité Mixe de Recherche 1331), Toxalim (Research Centre in Food Toxicology), Toulouse, France; 13University of Toulouse, INPT (Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse), UPS (Universite Paul Sabatier), Toulouse, France; 14Department of Environmental Science and Analytic Chemistry, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; 15Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, USA; 16National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, USA
Recommended Citation:
Lars Lind,1 P. Monica Lind,2 Margareta H. Lejonklou,et al. Uppsala Consensus Statement on Environmental Contaminants and the Global Obesity Epidemic[J]. Environmental Health Perspectives,2016-01-01,Volume 124(Issue 5):A81