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- Marie Cicelie C. Ng, T. Fleming, +137 authors Emmanuela Gakidou
- The Lancet
- 2014
BACKGROUND
In 2010, overweight and obesity were estimated to cause 3·4 million deaths, 3·9% of years of life lost, and 3·8% of disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) worldwide. The rise in obesity… (More)
- Leonardo Trasande, Philip J. Landrigan, Clyde B. Schechter
- Environmental health perspectives
- 2005
Methyl mercury is a developmental neurotoxicant. Exposure results principally from consumption by pregnant women of seafood contaminated by mercury from anthropogenic (70%) and natural (30%) sources.… (More)
- Leonardo Trasande, Teresa M. Attina, Jan Blustein
- JAMA
- 2012
CONTEXT
Bisphenol A (BPA), a manufactured chemical, is found in canned food, polycarbonate-bottled liquids, and other consumer products. In adults, elevated urinary BPA concentrations are associated… (More)
- Leonardo Trasande, Samprit Chatterjee
- Obesity
- 2009
Most studies of the economic costs of childhood obesity have focused upon hospitalization for comorbidities of obesity, whereas increased expenditures may also be the result of additional… (More)
- Leonardo Trasande, George Thurston
- The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology
- 2005
A growing body of research supports the role of outdoor air pollutants in acutely aggravating chronic diseases in children, and suggests that the pollutants may have a role in the development of… (More)
- Leonardo Trasande, Yinghua Liu, George Edgar Fryer, Michael Weitzman
- Health affairs
- 2009
Childhood obesity is increasingly recognized as an epidemic, but the economic consequences have not been well quantified. We evaluated trends in obesity-associated hospitalizations, charges, and… (More)
- Leonardo Trasande
- Health affairs
- 2010
Policy makers generally agree that childhood obesity is a national problem. However, it is not always clear whether enough is being spent to combat it. This paper presents nine scenarios that assume… (More)
- Martine Marie Bellanger, Barbara A Demeneix, Philippe Grandjean, R. Thomas Zoeller, Leonardo Trasande
- The Journal of clinical endocrinology and…
- 2015
CONTEXT
Epidemiological studies and animal models demonstrate that endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) contribute to cognitive deficits and neurodevelopmental disabilities.
OBJECTIVE
The… (More)
- Leonardo Trasande, Chris Cronk, +7 authors Matthew W Gillman
- Ciencia & saude coletiva
- 2010
We describe the approach taken by the National Children's Study (NCS) to understanding the role of environmental factors in the development of obesity. We review the literature with regard to the two… (More)
- Leonardo Trasande, Yinghua Liu
- Health affairs
- 2011
A 2002 analysis documented $54.9 billion in annual costs of environmentally mediated diseases in US children. However, few important changes in federal policy have been implemented to prevent… (More)