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General Discussion & Feedback => Radio Show & Podcast Feedback => Topic started by: margaret on 19/06/2010 07:30:03
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Margaret Arthur asked the Naked Scientists:
Hi Chris
The Liggins Institute in NZ (attached to Auckland University Medical School ) has shown that the diet of pregnant women can affect the health of their children and grandchildren.Â
In fact the evidence is so strong that a major health research initiative is now under way involving teaching secondary students to try and change the health of their unborn children and thus maybe reduce the incidence of diabetes and heart disease in this country.
http://www.liggins.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/home/about/research-themes/developmentalprogramming
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This is not strictly memory but it is about long term effects of environmental parameters.
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I listen to your programme (http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/podcasts/) all the time and use snippets in my science teaching.
Margaret
What do you think?