2011-12-13 Childhood abuse may lie at the core of some obesity and diseases that show up in middle-aged adults

http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/episodes/2011/12/13/all-in-the-family/ 

Broadcast: Tuesday – December 13, 2011

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All in the Family

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Alcoholism. Respiratory disease. Cancer. Obesity.  We’re told that these can be the results of genetics, stress and poor nutrition. But in recent years, an extraordinary, retrospective study reveals that childhood abuse may lie at the core of some diseases that show up in middle-aged adults.

IDEAS producer Mary O’Connell talks to Dr. Vincent Felitti about the physiological results of psychological trauma.

Read more: The ACE Study (Adverse Childhood Experiences)    (http://www.acestudy.org/)