17 September 2014 CHE Partnership Call: Maternal Bisphenol A Programs Offspring Metabolic Syndrome.

On this call Drs. Ross and Desai presented evidence that prenatal exposure to EDCs, specifically the plastic component bisphenol A, can increase the relative risk of adult obesity and metabolic syndrome. They also discussed the significance of these findings for neonatal and childhood care, and the need for strategies for the prevention and therapy of obesity to address programming effects of the early life environment.