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School of Health Seminar Series

  • Fri, Jan 31, 2025
  • 2:45 pm–3:35 pm

Science Building 110

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School of health seminar series
Fetal Origins of Adult Disease (FOAD): Lessons about Obesity from the Dutch Hunger Winter of 1945

Julie Yonker, PhD, Calvin University presents:

What does an unusual event from 1945 have to do with obesity? The Dutch famine of 1945 was a unique opportunity to study how fetal development can be impacted by the external environment resulting in lifelong consequences, including the development of obesity.