the First Nine Months Shape the Rest of Your Life

How the First Nine Months Shape the Rest of Your Life

By ANNIE MURPHY PAUL Wednesday, Sep. 22, 2010

Pregnant Woman

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  What makes us the way we are? Why are some people predisposed to be anxious, overweight or asthmatic? How is it that some of us are prone to heart attacks, diabetes or high blood pressure?

There's a list of conventional answers to these questions. We are the way we are because it's in our genes. We turn out the way we do because of our childhood experiences. Or our health and well-being stem from the lifestyle choices we make as adults.

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2020815,00.html?xid=newsletter-europe-weekly#ixzz10iv6ZSdv/.../