PSYB65H3 Lecture 6: HLTB02 - Lecture 6.docx

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Lecture 6: determinants of child health early exposures. Origin of disease later in life lies in some sort of impairment that occurs for an individual prenatally: organs during development (in utero) is rapid. The dutch hunger winter (1944-1945: exposure in utero and how it cascades across the lifetime of a child, period were little food supply was available. Had to ration food distribution: famine lasted about 5-months, sequence of events also occurred during this timeframe. Basic necessity could not brought to the community (because of the war) Canals were frozen (could not obtain fresh water: resulted in retrospective cohort research. Famine took place and eventually the children were born. Later on in life, researchers assessed these individuals and retrospectively assessed the impact of famine on child development. Looked at early, middle, and late conception of a child (amount of exposure to famine) Effect of various levels of caloric restriction on health.

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