Early-life exposures and social stratification
Adverse environmental exposures—war and violence, natural disasters, escalating heat,
worsening air quality—experienced in pregnancy are consequential for multiple domains of …
worsening air quality—experienced in pregnancy are consequential for multiple domains of …
[HTML][HTML] COVID‐19, crisis, and emotional stress: A biocultural perspective of their impact on growth and development for the next generation
B Bogin, C Varea - American Journal of Human Biology, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This is a Commentary on the impact of the current COVID-19 pandemic on future human
growth and development. Our focus is on birth weight, one measure of prenatal growth and …
growth and development. Our focus is on birth weight, one measure of prenatal growth and …
Physical attractiveness in adaptationist perspective
LS Sugiyama - The handbook of evolutionary psychology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
This chapter focuses on (1) outlining an adaptationist perspective on physical
attractiveness,(2) presenting the basic questions that this perspective leads us to ask,(3) …
attractiveness,(2) presenting the basic questions that this perspective leads us to ask,(3) …
Allostatic load and biological anthropology
Multiple stressors affect developing and adult organisms, thereby partly structuring their
phenotypes. Determining how stressors influence health, well‐being, and longevity in …
phenotypes. Determining how stressors influence health, well‐being, and longevity in …
Mothers' childhood hardship forecasts adverse pregnancy outcomes: role of inflammatory, lifestyle, and psychosocial pathways
Research suggests the health consequences of economic hardship can be transmitted
across generations. Some of these disparities are thought to be passed to offspring during …
across generations. Some of these disparities are thought to be passed to offspring during …
Regulation of inflammation during gestation and birth outcomes: Inflammatory cytokine balance predicts birth weight and length
HB Ragsdale, CW Kuzawa, JB Borja… - American Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives The maternal environment during gestation influences offspring health at birth
and throughout the life course. Recent research has demonstrated that endogenous …
and throughout the life course. Recent research has demonstrated that endogenous …
Psychological legacies of intergenerational trauma under South African apartheid: Prenatal stress predicts greater vulnerability to the psychological impacts of future …
Background South Africa's rates of psychiatric morbidity are among the highest in sub‐
Saharan Africa and are foregrounded by the country's long history of political violence …
Saharan Africa and are foregrounded by the country's long history of political violence …
Like mother, like child: investigating perinatal and maternal health stress in post-medieval London
Abstract Post-Medieval London (sixteenth-nineteenth centuries) was a stressful environment
for the poor. Overcrowded and squalid housing, physically demanding and risky working …
for the poor. Overcrowded and squalid housing, physically demanding and risky working …
Low birthweight is associated with epigenetic age acceleration in the first 3 years of life
Abstract Background and objectives The Developmental Origins of Health and Disease
hypothesis posits that early life adversity is associated with poor adult health outcomes …
hypothesis posits that early life adversity is associated with poor adult health outcomes …
[HTML][HTML] Eco-evolutionary dynamics of the human-gut microbiota symbiosis in a changing nutritional environment
M Franck, J de Toro-Martín, MC Vohl - Evolutionary Biology, 2022 - Springer
The operational harmony between living beings and their circumstances, their ever-
changing environment, is a constitutive condition of their existence. Nutrition and symbiosis …
changing environment, is a constitutive condition of their existence. Nutrition and symbiosis …