Sunday, January 6, 2013

[WATCH]: Health Study Ties Bpa in Cans and Bottles to Childhood Obesity

More News: www.ntdtv.ca A research report recently published by the Journal of the American Medical Association said a chemical commonly known as BPA may be related to childhood obesity. BPA, is typically found in plastic consumer products such as water bottles. Its use is restricted in Canada in products such as baby bottles and sippy cups, over concerns that it mimics the hormone estrogen. However, a new study published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, suggests that constant exposure to BPA may be linked to obesity in children. Interestingly, the study points out that when the results were broken down by ethnicity, it became clear that the BPA-obesity trend was only present in white children and

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