When discussing the Hunger Winter, Ms. Paul reported that manyof the fetuses who were born during this time later grew intoadults with various health problems – such as diabetes, heartdisease, and obesity. Which of the following hypotheses did Ms.Paul discuss as a possible explanation?
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The severe deprivation lead to multiple chromosomalabnormalities that involved various diseases. |
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The individuals, while in utero, learned to adapt to a world ofsevere deprivation and their bodies were not prepared for food-richenvironments into which they were born and raised. |
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Given the severe deprivation experienced as fetuses, theseindividuals overate to compensate. |
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While in utero, the fetuses directed most of the limitedcalories to their stomachs and limbs as a way of following theproximodistal and cephalacaudal principles of physical growth. |
