20160216 - air pollution/obesity

Exposure to air pollution increases risk of obesity

If findings of rat study are verified in humans, urgent action needed

Date:

February 19, 2016

Source:

Duke University

Summary:

Laboratory rats who breathed Beijing's highly polluted air gained weight and experienced cardio-respiratory and metabolic dysfunctions. A study found pollution-breathing pregnant rats had heavier lungs and livers and increased tissue inflammation. These rats had higher LDL cholesterol; higher triglycerides; higher total cholesterol and more insulin resistance, a precursor of Type 2 diabetes. 

 

 

 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/02/160219111219.htm