Judith Finlayson is a bestselling author of books about food, nutrition and wellness. A former newspaper columnist, magazine health journalist and board member of various organizations focusing on legal and medical issues, she is also the author of numerous books, including over a dozen cookbooks, which have sold over a million copies. Dr. Kent Thornburg is Professor of Medicine and Director of the Center for Developmental Health at the Knight Cardiovascular Institute and Director of the Bob and Charlee Moore Institute for Nutrition & Wellness at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland Oregon.

Judith Finlayson draws upon the groundbreaking work of late epidemiologist David Barker in this fascinating and eye-opening treatise on how a wide variety of chronic diseases (heart disease, diabetes, obesity etc.) are linked not only to current lifestyle but to such other factors as stress, environmental toxins, and even, per the title, one's grandparents' diet.--Publisher's Weekly (08/13/2019)

• Table of Contents Foreword by Dr. Kent Thornburg Preface Chapter 1: David Barker and Epidemiology Chapter 2: The Emergence of Epigenetics Chapter 3: Your Family, Your Genome, Nutrition and Your Health Chapter 4: Beyond Nutrition Chapter 5: The First Thousand Days Chapter 6: Childhood and Adolescence Chapter 7: Adulthood Chapter 8: Aging Chapter 9: Your MicrobiomeEpilogue Glossary Acknowledgements References Index

Judith Finlayson is a bestselling author of books about food, nutrition and wellness. A former newspaper columnist, magazine health journalist and board member of various organizations focusing on legal and medical issues, she is also the author of numerous books, including over a dozen cookbooks, which have sold over a million copies. Dr. Kent Thornburg is Professor of Medicine and Director of the Center for Developmental Health at the Knight Cardiovascular Institute and Director of the Bob and Charlee Moore Institute for Nutrition & Wellness at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland Oregon.

Judith Finlayson draws upon the groundbreaking work of late epidemiologist David Barker in this fascinating and eye-opening treatise on how a wide variety of chronic diseases (heart disease, diabetes, obesity etc.) are linked not only to current lifestyle but to such other factors as stress, environmental toxins, and even, per the title, one's grandparents' diet.--Publisher's Weekly (08/13/2019)

• Table of Contents Foreword by Dr. Kent Thornburg Preface Chapter 1: David Barker and Epidemiology Chapter 2: The Emergence of Epigenetics Chapter 3: Your Family, Your Genome, Nutrition and Your Health Chapter 4: Beyond Nutrition Chapter 5: The First Thousand Days Chapter 6: Childhood and Adolescence Chapter 7: Adulthood Chapter 8: Aging Chapter 9: Your MicrobiomeEpilogue Glossary Acknowledgements References Index

Judith Finlayson is a bestselling author of books about food, nutrition and wellness. A former newspaper columnist, magazine health journalist and board member of various organizations focusing on legal and medical issues, she is also the author of numerous books, including over a dozen cookbooks, which have sold over a million copies. Dr. Kent Thornburg is Professor of Medicine and Director of the Center for Developmental Health at the Knight Cardiovascular Institute and Director of the Bob and Charlee Moore Institute for Nutrition & Wellness at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland Oregon.

Judith Finlayson draws upon the groundbreaking work of late epidemiologist David Barker in this fascinating and eye-opening treatise on how a wide variety of chronic diseases (heart disease, diabetes, obesity etc.) are linked not only to current lifestyle but to such other factors as stress, environmental toxins, and even, per the title, one's grandparents' diet.--Publisher's Weekly (08/13/2019)

• Table of Contents Foreword by Dr. Kent Thornburg Preface Chapter 1: David Barker and Epidemiology Chapter 2: The Emergence of Epigenetics Chapter 3: Your Family, Your Genome, Nutrition and Your Health Chapter 4: Beyond Nutrition Chapter 5: The First Thousand Days Chapter 6: Childhood and Adolescence Chapter 7: Adulthood Chapter 8: Aging Chapter 9: Your MicrobiomeEpilogue Glossary Acknowledgements References Index