From Epigenetics to Public Policy: A New Perspective for Early Action

Marianella Herrera-Cuenca*

From Epigenetics to Public Policy: A New Perspective for Early Action.

Existing literature supports that epigenetics changes are responses to environmental stimulus and exposures; mainly maternal exposures including inadequate nutrition. In addition, it is now suggested the existence of epigenetic windows of susceptibility to environmental insults during sperm development, giving the chance for inclusion of both factors.
Smoking or second hand smoking, inadequate housing, poor water conditions, lack of access to health care services, lack of physical activity due to insecure neighborhoods, inadequate or excessive nutrients intake, excessive weight gain during pregnancies, lack of sleep are some of life conditions to which a large amount of population is exposed.

Human development starts with individuals ameliorating their wellbeing. As Amartya Sen refers, the ones who make progress and development are individuals then transferring their wellbeing into societies. A proposal made between academic sectors in Venezuela in 2002 included four policies starting with a family policy that would reinforce the role of the family in its primary care
for health, food and nutrition and education.

Epigenetics and public policy? Yes. Are employment policies related to epigenetic? Yes. When people: fathers, mothers and home leaders have wages that allow them to buy healthy foods, policy makers and stake holders are promoting adequate nutrition on the mothers to be and also in children under their care in the years that are key to growth and development. Are housing policies
related to epigenetic? Yes, a safe environment at home allows children to play, to have the adequate stimulus for their development.

Adv Food Technol Nutr Sci Open J. 2015; 1(5): e16-e18. doi: 10.17140/AFTNSOJ-1-e006

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