Name: How the gut microbes you're born with affect your lifelong health
Uploaded: 2019-12-16T16:07:05Z
Duration: 10 min 31 s
Description: Your lifelong health may have been decided the day you were born, says microbiome researcher Henna-Maria Uusitupa. In this fascinating talk, she shows how the gut microbes you acquire during birth and as an infant impact your health into adulthood -- and discusses new microbiome research that could help tackle problems like obesity and diabetes.

Your lifelong health may have been decided the day you were born, says microbiome researcher Henna-Maria Uusitupa. In this fascinating talk, she shows how the gut microbes you acquire during birth and as an infant impact your health into adulthood -- and discusses new microbiome research that could help tackle problems like obesity and diabetes.

Henna-Maria Uusitupa: How the gut microbes you're born with affect your lifelong health

How the gut microbes you're born with affect your lifelong health

The microbes acquired at birth play a pivotal role in our health, shaping our susceptibility to obesity, diabetes, and some cancers.

Breast milk's magic lies not just in nourishment but in its ability to feed beneficial gut microbes, crucial for infants not breastfed.

Early exposure to microbes shapes health, affecting obesity, diabetes risks; C-sections alter these essential microbial starts.