Thornburg - Poor Nutrition in Early Life and Health Outcomes

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1.5 GENERAL

SAS: Fall 2024

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The risk for an individual to acquire coronary heart disease or heart failure in adulthood is associated with the following in offspring: *

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Mother’s height and body mass index

Degree of insulin resistance

Placental size and shape

All of the above

None of the above

One likely cause of increasing prevalence of type 2 diabetes among US residents over the past four decades is: *

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Lack of sunlight exposure

Increasing rates of hypoxia in the womb

Increasing use of ultra-processed foods

Increasing wait times on business telephone trees

None of the above

Propensities for acquiring a chronic disease in adulthood are known to be related to ... *

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Poor nutrient consumption by a person’s grandmother

Genetic incompatibility with a spouse

Being well off financially during childhood

Excessive maternal consumption of water during pregnancy

None of the above

Recent studies have found a number of facts related to epigenetic influences on disease risks. These include: *

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Identical twins may have different disease vulnerabilities

Maternal diet quality can affect the disease risk in offspring for two generations

A poor intrauterine environment can affect gene expression patterns for life

A healthy lifestyle in early life can reverse some detrimental epigenetic patterns

All of these are true

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