Is Being Fat Really Our Fault?

I had no intention of adding another post today but just came across this concerning article on Alternet that I wanted to share.

Chemicals called ‘obesogens’ are in our food, cars and homes, according to recent scientific studies — and they may be making us fat….

Already in Japan, scientists were finding that bisphenol A (a chemical compound used to make plastic drinking bottles and baby bottles, among other things) pushed certain cells to become fat cells in experiments performed in the lab and also acelerated the growth of existing fat cells. If their results held true outside the lab in people, it would mean that BPA, and potentially other synthetic chemicals, were in fact contributing to obesity.  Read the entire article