Endocrine Abstracts

Obesity rate keeps growing worldwide and weighs heavily on the healthcare system because of the related metabolic disorders like diabetes. In addition to calorie-rich diet and sedentary lifestyle, environmental exposure to obesogens, endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDC) targeting adipose tissue and its function as well as central pathways regulating food intake and energy expenditure, could add to the raising obesity incidence. The flame-retardant tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA)...