C-section 'may double risk of childhood obesity' (BBC News Online, 24 May 2012)

Phthalates in PVC floors taken up by the body in infants (AlphaGalileo, 23 May 2012)

The discovery of a new mechanism that regulates brown adipose tissue, published in ‘Cell’ (AlphaGalileo, 22 May 2012)

24 May 2012

A Spanish study published in Cell suggests that bone morphogenetic protein 8B may help to regulate metabolism in brown adipose tissue.

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