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Exposure to obesogenic endocrine disrupting chemicals and obesity among youth of Latino or Hispanic origin in the United States and Latin America: A lifecourse perspective
Author(s) -
Perng Wei,
Cantoral Alejandra,
SoriaContreras Diana C.,
BetanzosRobledo Larissa,
Kordas Katarzyna,
Liu Yun,
Mora Ana M.,
Corvalan Camila,
Pereira Anita,
Cardoso Marly Augusto,
Chavarro Jorge E.,
Breton Carrie V.,
Meeker John D.,
Harley Kim G.,
Eskenazi Brenda,
Peterson Karen E.,
TellezRojo Martha Maria
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
obesity reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.845
H-Index - 162
eISSN - 1467-789X
pISSN - 1467-7881
DOI - 10.1111/obr.13245
Subject(s) - latin americans , childhood obesity , obesity , narrative review , gerontology , narrative , perspective (graphical) , life course approach , etiology , political science , environmental health , medicine , psychology , developmental psychology , psychiatry , pathology , overweight , artificial intelligence , intensive care medicine , computer science , law , linguistics , philosophy
Summary Following a 2019 workshop led by the Center for Global Health Studies at the Fogarty International Center on the topic of childhood obesity prevention and research synergies transpiring from cross‐border collaborations, we convened a group of experts in the United States and Latin America to conduct a narrative review of the epidemiological literature on the role of obesogenic endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in the etiology of childhood obesity among Latino youth in the United States and Latin America. In addition to summarizing and synthesizing results from research on this topic published within the last decade, we place the findings within a lifecourse biobehavioral framework to aid in identification of unique exposure‐outcome relationships driven by both biological and behavioral research, identify inconsistencies and deficiencies in current literature, and discuss the role of policy regulations, all with the goal of identifying viable avenues for prevention of early life obesity in Latino/Hispanic populations.