Finch Amara, Tribble Anna Grace
University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, 475 N. 5 Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004, USA.
Departments of Anthropology and Epidemiology, Emory University, 1557 Dickey Drive, Atlanta, GA 30307, USA.
Prev Med Rep. 2020 Dec 8;21:101271. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2020.101271. eCollection 2021 Mar.
The current COVID-19 pandemic represents an acute threat to the health of adults and children across the globe. In addition, it has the potential to worsen the health of future generations through intergenerational health effects. Examples from history, including the Dutch famine (), suggest that and early life environments may have significant implications for health outcomes throughout the lifespan and are important in determining risk of chronic disease in adulthood. Parental health status, stress, and nutrition appear to affect offspring health and are all affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, it is critical that we consider the potential impacts of the current pandemic on pregnant women, infants and children and take public health and medical actions to mitigate risk and promote health in future generations.
当前的新冠疫情对全球成年人和儿童的健康构成了严重威胁。此外，它有可能通过代际健康影响使后代的健康状况恶化。历史上的例子，包括荷兰饥荒，表明孕期和早期生活环境可能对整个生命周期的健康结果产生重大影响，并且在决定成年后患慢性病的风险方面很重要。父母的健康状况、压力和营养状况似乎会影响后代的健康，而这些又都受到新冠疫情的影响。因此，至关重要的是，我们要考虑当前疫情对孕妇、婴儿和儿童的潜在影响，并采取公共卫生和医疗行动来降低风险，促进后代的健康。
