BPA associated with child body fat in girls

Our paper led by Dr. Lori Hoepner on BPA exposure and childhood body fat was published in Environmental Health Perspectives in May 2016. The paper was featured in several news outlets, including Mother Jones, the New York Post, and was featured by the CUMC Mailman School of Public Health.

Briefly, we found maternal BPA measured in the third trimester was associated with child fat mass index (an indicator of body fat relative to height), waist circumference and percentage body fat at age 7 among girls. No associations were observed between childhood measures of BPA and child body fat at age 7.