2nd Annual
Nutrition in the Womb Course
Oct 30-31, 2008

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 the exciting new field of developmental origins of health and disease, integrating epidemiology with clinical and basic science. We will discuss the biological mechanisms, critical windows and trade-offs that occur during fetal development. Gender and ethnic specific aspects will also be described. We will emphasize the importance of diets of girls and young women, and examine the current barriers to good food choices. The long-term effects of infant feeding and child growth will also be reviewed. Round table discussions with invited experts and course participants will begin to explore the strategies by which the epidemic of chronic disease in the US can be brought to an end.

Presented by The Barker Foundation in collaboration with OHSU and The March of Dimes