Episode 085: Welcome back to another instalment of Real Health Radio. This week we are looking at the Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) study.
It uncovers how trauma as a child can impact on someone’s health and behaviours in later life. And despite the study being nearly 20 years old, too few people know about considering its importance.
00:03:35
Vincent Felitti and Kaiser Permanente
00:05:30
The drop out rates at the obesity clinic
00:06:05
The surprising discovery
00:10:45
How the CDC got involved and started the ACE study
00:12:25
What are adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)
00:17:00
How common are they?
00:20:05
What impact do they have on health?
00:24:30
Why do they impact on health and behaviour?
00:38:20
Comparing this to some of Malcolm Gladwell’s work
00:48:40
How ACEs could skew research results
00:49:55
What can we do about the situation
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