Possible contributors to obesity or weight gain

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Hi everyone! What is an example of an " endocrine disrupter " ? Does

anyone know? And what foods contain them?

, a University of Alabama biostatistician, invited 19

other scientists in the United States, Canada and Italy to work on the

report.

They looked at more than 100 studies on potential contributors to

obesity besides diet and exercise, and concluded there was at least

some support for 10:

1. Inadequate sleep. (Average sleep amounts have fallen, and many

studies tie sleep deprivation to weight gain.)

2. Endocrine disrupters, which are substances in some foods that may

alter fats in the body.

3. Nice temperatures. (Air conditioning and heating limit calories

burned from sweating and shivering.)

4. Fewer people smoking. (Less appetite suppression.)

5. Medicines that cause weight gain.

6. Population changes. (More middle-agers and Hispanics, who have

higher obesity rates.)

7. Older birth moms. (That correlates with heavier children.)

8. Genetic influences during pregnancy.

9. Darwinian natural selection. (Fat people out-survive skinny ones.)

10. Assortative mating, or " like mating with like, " as puts

it. Translation: fat people procreating with others of the same body

type, gradually skewing the population toward the heavy end.

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