HD FS 258 Lecture Notes - Lecture 36: Recall Bias, Cardiovascular Disease, Substance Abuse
2 Mar 2017
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4 or more aces associated with: substance abuse, cancer. A lot of the times cancer is mutation. Exposure to adverse experiences changes how genes are expressed in a way that makes this health outcomes more likely: stis, cardiovascular disease, obesity. When placed in foster care, hoard food a lot of times. Chronis stress leads to prolonged activity of the hpa access. Cortisol (in bloodstream: ones we can"t use are stored as fat. As you are exposed to more things, the likelihood something else will also increase. Advantages of prospective research: repeated measurements, causal sequencing, minimizes recall bias. Interviewing people who are depressed about whether or not they have experienced child maltreatment. Less likely to report if they are depressed as an adult (about own kid) Example: epigenetics: how your genes are expressed in your body. Etc: this structure is structure of genes, does not change, what can change is how loud music is.
