Hunger Winter

Evidence from epidemiological studies demonstrates that exposures during early life stages can impact susceptibility to diabetes and obesity later in life (Lau Rogers, 2005). In particular, numerous studies have linked poor maternal nutrition with later risk for these adverse health outcomes. The Dutch Hunger Winter was a... 

Susser, Lin. Schizophrenia after prenatal exposure to the Dutch hunger winter of 1944-1945. Arch Gen Psychiatry 1992 49 983-988. 

Later, this tragedy, known as the Hunger Winter, came to have a unique scientific significance for several reasons2 (1) the... 

The Dutch Hunger Winter, in short, provided one of the major sources of evidence for a new idea in the understanding of later health and disease. This idea forms the hypothetical background for this chapter s focus on specific factors inside and outside the fetal environment that influence, and sometimes disrupt, fetal development. 

Brown, A. S., Susser, E. S., Lin, S. P., Neugebauer, R., Gorman, J. M. (1995). Increased risk of affective disorders in males after second trimester prenatal exposure to the Dutch hunger winter of 1944—45. Br. J. Psychiatry. 166 601—606. 

Kelkheim and Frankfurt K. Hunger, H. Ohleier, G. Wilker, R. Winter... 

CHAPTER 5 COOS Paulo Fridman/Bloomberg yin Getty Images 5.1a REUTERS/Adam Hunger 5.1b iStockphoto 5.8a-b Richard Megna/Fundamental Photographs 5.14a-b Charles D. Winters/Photo Researchers, Inc. 5.15 Corbis/Bettmann 5.20 iStockphoto 5.24 Eric Schrader - Pearson Science 5.26 iStockphoto p. 196 James Urbach/Photolibrary... 

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