HSS 4102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Paul Kammerer, Polyphenism, Thrifty Phenotype

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: HSS 4102
• Professor: Gustavo Gottret

Document Summary

Announcements: see links on brightspace for readings /information, questions can be posted on the coffee discussion board. Important to understand models of health, such as the holistic approach the biomedical approach the well-being model. Dohad approach: dohad = developmental origins of health and disease (developmental origins of health and disease (dohad) - youtube, new and developing field. A growing field of research: they research the association between environment exposed to the foetus in early life, in development of chronic diseases throughout life, genetics and environment. These two interact: environment exposed to the foetus and the consequences for the development to the foetus. This can effect expressed genes throughout adult life. 3th trimester mother malnutrition > adult less obesity. 1th trimester mother malnutrition > higher obesity in adulthood in first trimester, genes get activated that promote fat storage (later in life) to increase the chances of survival: epigenetics: gene-expression changes depending on the influences of environment.