title: The perfect storm for obesity.
abstract: Obesity rates have risen steadily in the United States and around the world over the past century, with a marked escalation within the past two decades. Conventional wisdom within the medical community is that the burgeoning obesity epidemic is the product of poor nutrition and lack of exercise, but increasingly researchers are questioning whether those factors are wholly responsible. Emerging research about alternative factors is setting the stage for today's "Perfect Storm" for obesity.
authors.affiliation: Division of Extramural Research and Training, Cellular, Organ and Systems Pathobiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Jerrold J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Heindel
authors.forename: Thaddeus T
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Schug
mesh_terms: D052244:Endocrine Disruptors / Q000633:toxicity*; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D052244:Endocrine Disruptors