Prenatal exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals tied to ‘NAFLD epidemic’ in children
Prenatal exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals may be a cause of increased incidence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in children, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.Vishal Midya, PhD, MStat, a postdoctoral fellow in the department of environmental medicine and public health at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and colleagues reported that NAFLD is “increasingly diagnosed in childhood,” occurring in 6% to 10% of the general pediatric population and approximately 36% of children with obesity.To determine whether prenatal exposure toRead More