The Power of Nutrition for a Healthy Start
- January 23, 2025
- 12:00 - 1:30 PM (Pacific Time)
- VIRTUAL
Good health starts before birth.
Join the Institute for Natural Medicine and Dr. Kent Thornburg for a free webinar on how nutrition, stress, and toxins in early life can impact your chronic disease risk through epigenetics—and what you can do about it.
This webinar is a can’t-miss event for parents, families, healthcare providers, community leaders, and more, inviting us all to consider the revolutionary impact a whole-person approach to health can have on our communities and the next generation of Americans.
Watch Dr. Thornburg’s TED Talk on Epigenetics.
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This webinar is for:
- patients
- practitioners
- educators
No matter your gender, if you or someone you know is interested in having a child, this webinar is for you.
The webinar is LIVE.
January 23, 2025 at 12:00 Pacific
Dr. Kent L. Thornburg is a renowned expert in developmental origins of health and disease, with a focus on how nutrition impacts pregnancy and long-term health outcomes. He held the M. Lowell Edwards Chair of Cardiovascular Research and was a Professor of Medicine at the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) for 20 years. He also served as the Interim Director of the Knight Cardiovascular Institute and as the founding director of the OHSU Bob and Charlee Moore Institute for Nutrition & Wellness.
Read Dr. Thornburg’s article on this topic: https://naturemed.org/the-impact-of-early-life-experiences-on-long-term-health/
Dr. Thornburg has made significant contributions to the fields of epigenetics, cardiovascular health, and maternal nutrition, and regularly advises major organizations like the NIH, American Heart Association, and the Preeclampsia Foundation. Among his honors is the Agnes Higgins Award from the March of Dimes for his work in improving nutrition for women. He recently co-chaired the NIH’s strategic conference on the genetic and epigenetic underpinnings of child health and currently chairs the External Scientific Board overseeing the NIH’s ECHO program.
