Vivvo CMS 4.1 PRI: Public Radio International http://www.pri.org/ ©2010 Spoonlabs d.o.o. PRI: Public Radio International http://www.pri.org/files.php?file=rss_682409203.gif http://www.pri.org/ New research says commonly used chemicals are partly to blame for obesity http://www.pri.org/stories/health/new-research-suggests-that-commonly-used-chemicals-are-partly-to-blame-for-obesity-10144.html Health and Medicine Wed, 06 Jun 2012 10:40:00 -0500 Some researchers, including Bruce Blumberg from the University of California, Irvine, believe chemicals we’re unwittingly exposed to could be making us fat. Blumberg said if the timing is right, exposure to these chemicals may be instructing stem cells to become fat cells. PRI: Public Radio International