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It's All in the Womb

WHAT MADE YOU WHO YOU ARE TODAY?  ACCORDING TO A NEW FIELD OF SCIENCE, IT MAY HAVE BEEN YOUR FETAL ENVIRONMENT.  FROM HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE TO OBESITY TO INFERTLITY, THE BLUEPRINTS MAY HAVE BEEN DRAWN BEFORE YOU WERE BORN.  LEARN MORE… ON TODAY’S ENVIRONMINUTE.   

IT’S NOT SURPRISING TO LEARN THAT FETAL EVENTS AFFECT A CHILD’S ABILITY TO THINK.  BUT ADULT DEPRESSION?  OSTEOPOROSIS?  PERSONALITY?  ALL OF THESE FACTORS ARE BEING TIED TO EVENTS IN UTERO.  IT’S PART OF A NEW SCIENCE KNOWN AS “DEVELOPMENTAL ORIGINS OF ADULT DISEASES.” 

WHILE THERE’S NO GOING BACK TO REWRITE YOUR OWN SCRIPT, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THIS NEW FOCUS ON FETAL DEVELOPMENT MAY HELP DOCTORS IMPROVE THEIR ABILITY TO PREVENT DISEASES -- LONG BEFORE THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO GET STARTED.  AND IT HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF PREGNANT MOMS EATING WELL AND STEERING CLEAR OF ALCOHOL, DRUGS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS.  TURNS OUT THE IMPACTS CAN LAST A LIFETIME!

THE ENVIRONMINUTE IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE HEINZ FAMILY PHILANTHROPIES AND THE HEINZ ENDOWMENTS.  LEARN MORE BY VISITING ENVIRONMINUTE-DOT-COM. 

To learn more, visit the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease Division of the University of Southampton School of Medicine.