SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Relationship between Prenatal or Postnatal Exposure to Pesticides and Obesity: A Systematic Review.
Synthesis in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Pesticide exposure and the risk of arterial hypertension and obesity in farm workers: a systematic review of literature.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2026Pooled it
- Pesticide exposure and child growth in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review.Environmental research · 2022Pooled it
- Machine Learning Models for High-Throughput Screening of Obesogens Based on Pathway Network.Environment & health (Washington, D.C.) · 2026Article
- The Relationship Between Urinary Neonicotinoid Concentrations and Obesity Among Individuals Aged 35 to 74 in Guangxi, China.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2026Article
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- Pesticide Exposures during Pregnancy and Health Outcomes in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Scoping Review of Human Observational Studies.Journal of health & pollution · 2024Review
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- Exposure to Chlorpyrifos Alters Proliferation, Differentiation and Fatty Acid Uptake in 3T3-L1 Cells.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Integrating Environmental Data with Medical Data in a Records-Linkage System to Explore Groundwater Nitrogen Levels and Child Health Outcomes.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Pre- and Postnatal Dietary Exposure to a Pesticide Cocktail Disrupts Ovarian Functions in 8-Week-Old Female Mice.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Article
- Obesity II: Establishing causal links between chemical exposures and obesity.Biochemical pharmacology · 2022Review
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Abstract
In recent years, the worldwide prevalence of overweight and obesity among adults and children has dramatically increased. The conventional model regarding the onset of obesity is based on an imbalance between energy intake and expenditure. However, other possible environmental factors involved, such as the exposure to chemicals like pesticides, cannot be discarded. These compounds could act as endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDC) that may interfere with hormone activity related to several mechanisms involved in body weight control. The main objective of this study was to systematically review the data provided in the scientific literature for a possible association between prenatal and postnatal exposure to pesticides and obesity in offspring. A total of 25 human and 9 animal studies were analyzed. The prenatal, perinatal, and postnatal exposure to organophosphate, organochlorine, pyrethroid, neonicotinoid, and carbamate, as well as a combined pesticide exposure was reviewed. This systematic review reveals that the effects of pesticide exposure on body weight are mostly inconclusive, finding conflicting results in both humans and experimental animals. The outcomes reviewed are dependent on many factors, including dosage and route of administration, species, sex, and treatment duration. More research is needed to effectively evaluate the impact of the combined effects of different pesticides on human health.
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