Grandmaternal perinatal serum polychlorinated biphenyls and prevalence of obesity in adult daughters and granddaughters
Grandmothers' perinatal serum levels of mixtures of PCBs may have triggered a multigenerational cycle of obesity in daughters and granddaughters. Resultant obesity among women of reproductive age could further perpetuate obesity in subsequent generations.
Authors
- Xin Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2747-9085)
- Piera M. Cirillo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4571-4544)
- Caitlin C. Murphy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9365-0691)
- Michele A. La Merrill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5720-5862)
- Barbara A. Cohn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9912-8447)
- Nickilou Y. Krigbaum (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5034-7991)
Institutions
- Emory University (US)
- Public Health Institute (US)
- Berkeley Public Health Division (US)
- University of California, Davis (US)
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Obesity
- Published
- 2025-04-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.24284
- Primary Topic
- Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development