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Fetal origins hypothesis

The fetal origins hypothesis proposes that the period of gestation has significant impacts on the health and wellbeing developmental outcomes for an individual ranging from infancy to adulthood. Research in the areas of economics, epidemiology, and epigenetics offer support for the hypothesis.

Background

The fetus was once believed to be a perfect parasite, immune to the outside world.

Barker's Hypothesis

Thrifty Phenotype

Economic support

Epidemiological support

Epigenetics support

Criticism of theory

Implications for intervention

Future research

References

http://blogs.plos.org/neuroanthropology/2010/09/30/fetal-origins-in-the-womb-in-the-news/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4140221/
http://time.com/84145/how-the-first-nine-months-shape-the-rest-of-your-life/
http://www.salon.com/2010/10/03/origins_fetal_development_interview/
Hall, Annie Murphy (2010). Origins: How the Nine Months Before Birth Shape the Rest of Our Lives. Free Press. ISBN 978-0743296632.
Susser Mervyn, Stein Zena. Timing in prenatal nutrition: A reprise of the dutch famine study. Nutrition Reviews. 1994 Mar;52(3):84–94. [PubMed]

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