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[font size=3]OAKLAND, Calif. In-utero exposure to relatively high magnetic field levels was associated with a 69 percent increased risk of being obese or overweight during childhood compared to lower in-utero magnetic field levels, according to a Kaiser Permanente study that appears in the current online version of Natures Scientific Reports.
Researchers conducted the prospective cohort study, in which participating women in Kaiser Permanentes Northern California region carried a meter measuring magnetic field levels during pregnancy and 733 of their children were followed up to 13 years, to collect clinically recorded information on growth patterns. On average, 33 weight measurements per child were collected.
Researchers noted a dose response relationship with increasing in-utero magnetic field levels being associated with further increased risk of obesity or being overweight. The observed association and supporting evidence provide the first epidemiologic findings that link increasing exposure to environmental magnetic fields, especially in-utero exposure, over the last few decades with the rapid rise in childhood obesity during the corresponding decades, according to the authors.
Pregnancy is a critical developmental stage that is among the most vulnerable periods to environmental exposures, said De-Kun Li, MD, PhD, a perinatal epidemiologist with the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research in Oakland, Calif., and the lead author of the study. These findings indicate that electromagnetic fields, from microwave ovens to countless wireless devices, may be contributing to childhood obesity risk. This finding could have implications for possibly reducing childhood obesity and better understanding the obesity epidemic. Like any scientific discoveries, the results need to be replicated by other studies.
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MineralMan
(146,338 posts)Insist on Faraday cage enclosed homes! Electromagnetic waves are everywhere! Your children will die of obesity!
Association is not causation, ladies and gentlemen. Uncontrolled studies are associated with incorrect conclusions.
OKIsItJustMe
(19,938 posts)... but association, by definition, is a statistically dependent relationship.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_%28statistics%29
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http://www.cancer.net/patient/All+About+Cancer/Risk+Factors+and+Prevention/Tobacco
Tobacco use is associated with increased risk for at least 15 types of cancer, including:
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I guess there is no concern about tobacco use, since it is only associated with cancer...
Celebration
(15,812 posts)Obviously there is something different about our environment now that promotes obesity, and epidemiological studies like this are a good place to start.
GoneOffShore
(17,342 posts)It's called highly processed food, an addiction to sugar, cheap protein and automobiles, advertising and a large amount of what used to be called "Chair parade".
It's taking in too many calories and not expending them.
trotsky
(49,533 posts)is the incredible prevalence of calorie-loaded, nutritionally-devoid food that people eat too much of.