Does the answer for obesity lie in the womb?
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Obesity, type 2 diabetes, and heart disease are reaching epidemic proportions in New Zealand and around the world. We know that once these conditions take hold, it is very difficult to reverse them. So how could we prevent them from happening in the first place?
The answer to this complex question may lie with life in the womb. There is now decades of evidence to show that your lifelong risk of these diseases can be programmed by the environment you experienced before you were even born. In fact, what happened to you in the womb may have more of an impact on your lifelong health than your genetics or your everyday environment.
Join Jasmine Plows to explore the science behind this fascinating concept, and hear the personal story that motivates her to continue researching it forever