Stress, malnutrition may cause epigenetic “reprogramming” that can echo through multiple generations Expressed.

reported that “parents’ exposure to chemicals can affect a child’s development even when the exposure happens before the child is a glimmer in the parents’ eyes,” according to a paper published online Aug. 4 in the journal Endocrinology, a publication of the Endocrine Society. Some of these chemicals include “bisphenol A (BPA), phthalates, dioxin, and some persistent organic pollutants.” A lot of these chemicals “are known to be endocrine disruptors, or chemicals that interfere with the body’s own hormone systems.” pointed out that “exposure to environmental stressors such as endocrine-disrupting chemicals, psychological stress and malnutrition may result in disadvantageous epigenetic ‘reprogramming’ that can echo through multiple generations,” disrupting “early developmental processes” and causing “changes in cellular gene expression, cell numbers or locations of cells that persist and lead to increased risk of cognitive disorders, obesity, diabetes and metabolic diseases later in life.” http://www.stonehearthnewsletters.com/stress-malnutrition-may-cause-epigenetic-reprogramming-that-can-echo-through-multiple-generations/stress-human-behavior/#sthash.piihhDyU.B5Xnb5gH.dpbs