New insights into ending chronic disease.
Nutrition in the Womb Course
April 6-7, 2009 in Seattle, WA
Learn how improving the diets of girls and young women will reduce the burden of chronic disease in the next generation.
The diets of mothers today are determining the health of future generations.
Nutrition in the Womb is a course that will bring together current knowledge in this exciting new field, integrating epidemiology with clinical and basic science. It will discuss biological mechanisms, critical windows and trade-offs. Gender and ethnic specific aspects of development will be described. It will emphasize the importance of the diets of girls and young women, and examine the barriers to good food choices. The long-term effects of infant feeding and child growth will be reviewed. Round table discussions with experts and course participants will begin to explore the strategies by which the epidemic of chronic disease in the can be brought to an end.
The course is designed for public health professionals, dietitians, obstetricians, midwives, nurses, medical and nutrition scientists or anyone who works with the pregnant/pre-pregnant population. Complete information is available at NutritionInTheWomb.org.
Presented by The Barker Foundation in collaboration with OHSU and The March of Dimes.
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Nutrition In The Womb By David Barker M.D
How better nutrition during development will prevent heart disease, diabetes and stroke.
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Buy NowNew research has shown that malnutrition in the womb permanently changes the structure and function of the body. It leads to heart disease, diabetes and stroke in later life.
“Dr. David Barker’s ground breaking research has irrevocably influenced the way in which the medical and nutrition community now views optimal development.”
— Eileen Kennedy, Dean, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University
“Barker’s book gives us the unique opportunity to reexamine the role of nutrition throughout life, and place the emphasis where it really makes a difference, in early life. Good nutrition begins in the womb. It is time for this novel insight to make it into policy and practice.”
— Ricardo Uauy, President of the International Union of Nutritional Sciences
“History will show that David Barker’s discoveries changed the face of medicine.”
— Kent Thornburg, Director, Heart Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University
“We have been delighted to support this pivotal research.”
— Professor Sir Charles George, former Medical Director, British Heart Foundation