Parental famine exposure

Parental famine exposure impairs self-rated health in humans (IRR 1.05, 95% CI 1.01–1.10, p < .05).

“The offspring generation (F2) whose parents were exposed to famine also had poorer self-rated health than those of unexposed parents (IRR=1.05, 95% CI [1.01 – 1.10], p <.05).”

Humans

LONG-TERM AND INTERGENERATIONAL EFFECTS OF EARLY-LIFE EXPOSURE TO THE 1959–1961 CHINESE FAMINE ON HEALTH

GSA 2024 abstract·31 Dec 2024