HLTC23H3 Final: Lecture 4 Study Notes
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Timing and development: this terrible famine had a specific course, therefore, the effects of various levels of caloric restriction can be studied. In some ways, it is like a naturalistic experiment because the differential interaction of critical periods and caloric deficit can be examined. What were the immediate effects: had a profound effect on the health of the general population, mortality increased 2x over 1939, extra death rate due o starvation, however, women were still conceiving and giving birth to babies. It is in these babies that we can see the effect of early malnutrition on health in adult life. Prenatal exposure to famine www. notesolution. com: all babies (no twins) born between nov. 1, 1943 and feb. 28th, 1947 were eligible for inclusion in the study, of the total cohort 1018 people living close to or in amsterdam were approached. 741 consented to undertake glucose resistance testing: average age was 50.