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. 2021 May 18;9(5):603. doi: 10.3390/healthcare9050603

Table 2.

Health impacts on children.

Category Health Concerns
Endocrine systems Weight (overweight and obesity) and height
Type II diabetes and insulin resistance
Thyroid function and increased risk of thyroid cancer
Higher systolic blood pressure
Anogenital distance
Precocious puberty
Males: genital development, semen quality
Females: pregnancy outcome (pregnancy loss and preterm birth, low birth weight), reproductive hormones (including lueinizing hormone, sex hormone-binding globulin, earlier menopause)
Others Respiratory system: allergy and asthma
Nervous system: delayed neurodevelopment, social impairment