Lunch Hour Lecture: Disorders of Human Reproduction in the Anthropocene

The Anthropocene is the new period during which human activity has been the dominant influence on climate and the environment. In my presentation, I will discuss the diseases of human reproduction resulting from major changes in: our mode of giving birth with caesarean section rates having risen from 15% in the last century to over 50% in many countries of the world; in exposure to different types of environmental pollution on pregnancy outcomes and in our new eating habits on parental obesity, fetal development and childhood diabetes. I will present the increasing strong epidemiological evidence showing how these 21st human-influenced changes have impacted perinatal morbidity and mortality reversing many of the gains made possible by the scientific discoveries and development in health care provision during the previous century. Date: 4th May 2021 About the speaker: Professor Eric Jauniaux, Professor in Obstetrics and Fetal Medicine, EGA Institute for Women Health, Faculty of Live Science, UCL Free to attend, live stream or watch online: Visit Lunch Hour Lectures YouTube page. More info : events.ucl.ac.uk/lhl Join the conversation on Twitter at #UCLMinds #MadeAtUCL