Chlorpyrifos, a commonly used pesticide, may be partly responsible for the global obesity epidemic, warned the NGO PAN Europe (Pesticide Action Network Europe) on Tuesday 31 August, referring to a scientific study published in the journal Nature on 27 August.
Obesity results from a caloric imbalance between energy intake, absorption and expenditure. In rodents and humans, diet-induced thermogenesis contributes to energy expenditure and involves the activation of brown adipose tissue...