Speakers: Jon Øyvind Odland, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

About the talk

The most vulnerable time of life is before you are born. There is surprisingly little focus on the association between a bad nutritional and environmental situation in utero and the risk of diabetes and cardio-vascular disease in adult populations. Our studies in the Arctic have revealed good evidence of the situation at individual as well as population level. A complicating factor is the ongoing climate change, with emerging new contaminants in the environment and food security/availability challenges, ending up with new health and development challenges. We need to change our thinking and political strategies into a sustainable future for the coming generations. We want a "green generation" and we want our generation to make it possible.  

About Nordic Global Health Talks

Nordic Global Health Talks is a monthly webinar series about global health from the Nordic universities. The first Wednesday of each month at 10.00 am CET, you can tune in online via Zoom and listen to an interesting global health lecture from a Nordic university. It is free and open to everyone interested in knowing more about Nordic global health research, education, and collaborative projects. Nordic Global Health Talks is organised by Nordic Network on Global Health.

Each webinar will be 45 minutes: approximately 30 minutes presentation, followed by a 15 minutes Q&A.

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