"Has your doctor asked you how much you weighed at birth? Were you born prematurely?" Dr. Barbara Luke, Sc.D., M.P.H., RD, a professor at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine asked the audience Nov. 16 at MidMichigan Medical Center in Midland. Luke spoke as part of the Health Lecture Series. Her lecture, "Women, Obesity and the Therapeutic Effect of Diet," is the second in a series of four lectures. She said factors from past and present can effect a person's future. Luke discussed obesity as an epidemic and how chances of becoming over weight and developing health problems begins in the womb. Factors include: Your genetic heritage and environmental heritage in fetal development and early childhood; your current nutrition, exercise and lifestyle; age at menarche; reproductive history; and age at menopause.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Obesity, health problems can begin in the womb
via Midland Daily News
"Has your doctor asked you how much you weighed at birth? Were you born prematurely?" Dr. Barbara Luke, Sc.D., M.P.H., RD, a professor at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine asked the audience Nov. 16 at MidMichigan Medical Center in Midland. Luke spoke as part of the Health Lecture Series. Her lecture, "Women, Obesity and the Therapeutic Effect of Diet," is the second in a series of four lectures. She said factors from past and present can effect a person's future. Luke discussed obesity as an epidemic and how chances of becoming over weight and developing health problems begins in the womb. Factors include: Your genetic heritage and environmental heritage in fetal development and early childhood; your current nutrition, exercise and lifestyle; age at menarche; reproductive history; and age at menopause.
"Has your doctor asked you how much you weighed at birth? Were you born prematurely?" Dr. Barbara Luke, Sc.D., M.P.H., RD, a professor at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine asked the audience Nov. 16 at MidMichigan Medical Center in Midland. Luke spoke as part of the Health Lecture Series. Her lecture, "Women, Obesity and the Therapeutic Effect of Diet," is the second in a series of four lectures. She said factors from past and present can effect a person's future. Luke discussed obesity as an epidemic and how chances of becoming over weight and developing health problems begins in the womb. Factors include: Your genetic heritage and environmental heritage in fetal development and early childhood; your current nutrition, exercise and lifestyle; age at menarche; reproductive history; and age at menopause.
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