Life in the Womb: The Origin of Health and Disease

392 Pages·1999·49.919 MB·English

by  Peter W. Nathanielsz

the Origin of
Health and Disease
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Peter Nathanielsz,
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ife in the Womb describes how our home in
the womb is the major factor that determines 01
health throughoutlife. Life in the wombprogra
oursusceptibilitytoheartdisease, stroke, diabet
obesity and many other conditions in later li
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Life in the tells a story thr"
your ideas about health and disease. The book is
full of revolutionary and iconoclastic ideas. It
impacts all our lives and the lives of generations
of children as yet unborn. The book addresses
one of the most startling and important health
findings ofthe Twentieth Century.
How we are ushered into e will affect
how we leave it.
Lamarck was born two hundred years too
early. Diseases such as diabetes can be
jed transgenerationally from mothers to
daughtersandfromdaughterstograndaughters
bynongeneticmechanisms.
Babies born during or after the Dutch
Hunger Winter in the Second World War
were growth retarded and show life-long
effects of their mother's undernutrition
duringpregnancy.
Women who were themselves born growth-
retarded after the Dutch Hunger Winter are
more likely to have growth-retarded babies.
The idea that our health is programmed in
the womb is supported by life-time health
records of babies born at the beginning of
this century which show that birthweight is
closelylinkedtohealth inlaterlife.
In the nature-nurture debate, gene myopia
currently prevails. Congenital conditions
are not necessarily genetic. Our home in
the womb, not just our genes, determines
who we are and how we live after birth.
tecent research has clearly demonstrated
"iat the conditions in which we develop in
^womb
profoundly influence our suscept-
y to coronary artery disease, stroke,
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Life in the Womb:
The Origin of Health and Disease
Peter W. Nathanielsz
Promethean Press
New York
Ithaca,
1999
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Copyright © 1999 by Peter W. Nathanielsz.
ISBN 0-916859-56-8
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Prenatalcareis acooperation betweenyou andyourmedicalcaregiver. The
informationgiven hereis correctto thebestofmy knowledge, buttheultimate
responsibilityforyou andyourbaby lies withyourself, yourpartnerandyour
—
physician. Everyoneis unique. P. W. N.
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