EH2 Week 12

Question 1

Explain the Barker Hypothesis

Answer 1

Preparing the baby to live in a nutrient-deprived environment, storing more fat

Question 2

Printing or Metabolic Imprinting

Answer 2

Sensitive periods of early life can permanently change the structure and physiology of the body’s tissues

Question 3

Define Thrifty Phenotype

Answer 3

Factors that resulted in a small baby with reduced metabolic rate

Question 4

What are the three reasons why people who were small at birth and during infancy are more vulnerable to chronic disease as adults?

Answer 4

1) reduced function in key organs
2) altered settings for metabolism and hormonal feedback, storage of fat
3) more vulnerable to adverse environmental influences in later life

Question 5

What are the ten social facts?

STAF USES SW

Answer 5

Social Gradient
Transport
Addiction
Food

Unemployment
Social Support
Early Life
Social Exclusion

Stress
Work