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. 2023 May 23;118(1):329–337. doi: 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2023.05.024

TABLE 2.

Environmental chemical obesogens

General chemicals
 Maternal smoking (nicotine)
 Air Pollution (PAHs) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5)]
 DDT
 Bisphenols (bisphenol A, S, F, and AF)
 Phthalates (DEHP, DBP, DISBP, BBzP)
 Tributyltin and dibutyltin
 PFAS
 Flame Retardants, PBDEs, OPFRs
 PCBs
 Arsenic
 Cadmium
 Some microplastics
Non-nutritive sweeteners
 Aspartame
 Sucralose
 Saccharin
Agricultural chemicals
 Chlorpyrifos
 Diazinon
 Neonicotinoid pesticides
 Permethrin
 Tolyfluanid
Food preservatives/additives/emulsifiers
 Parabens
 Benzoates
 Propionic acid
 CMC
 MSG
 DOSS
 3-BHA
 Fructose/high fructose corn syrup

References and details are found in [3,4,28,37].

3-BHA, 3-tertbutyl-hydroxyanisole; BBzP, butyl benzyl phthalate; CMC, Carboxymethylcellulose; DBP, dibutyl phthalate; DEHP, diethyl hexyl phthalate; DISBP, diisobutyl phthalate; DOSS, Dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate; MSG, Monosodium glutamate; OPFR, organophosphate flame retardants; PAHS, polyaromatic hydrocarbons; PBDE, polybrominated diphenol ether; PCB, Dioxins and polychlorinated biphenyls; PFAS, per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances.