Dirt may be just what a child needs, Northwestern professor says

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# Dirt may be just what a child needs, Northwestern professor says.

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Analyzing data collected from thousands of children over two decades in

the Philippines, researchers have concluded that a healthy dose of germs

and pathogens during infancy reduced cardiovascular inflammation in

adulthood. ~Chicago Tribune.

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abstract>

Early origins of inflammation: microbial exposures in infancy predict

lower levels of C-reactive protein in adulthood.

<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20007176>

McDade TW, Rutherford J, Adair L, Kuzawa CW.

Proc Biol Sci. 2010 Apr 7;277(1684):1129-37.

Predictors of C-Reactive Protein in the National Social Life, Health,

and Aging Project. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20172904>

McDade TW, u ST, Wroblewski K.

J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2010 Feb 19. [Epub ahead of print]

High prevalence of low HDL-c in the Philippines compared to the US:

population differences in associations with diet and BMI.

<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20199988>

Rutherford JN, McDade TW, Feranil AB, Adair LS, Kuzawa CW.

Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 2010;19(1):57-67.

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