Study: Your Diet May Alter Baby’s DNA at Conception

May 2, 2014

In a new study, researchers analyzed the diets of women in rural areas of Gambia, in western Africa; these women experience major dietary changes each year as the area goes through rainy and dry seasons. The rainy season is referred to as “the hungry season” and the dry season is “harvest season,” explains study author Robert Waterland, a nutritional epigeneticist…

Vicki Clinebell majored in journalism at the University of Colorado and headed to an advertising agency before beginning a long career in broadcasting, spanning production and copywriting to Sales and Management for an ABC affiliate station.

Her decision to switch gears to pursue a career in writing fulfilled a lifelong ambition. She started as a blogger for a diverse group of businesses, and now writes for a number of digital publications for companies stationed in her hometown in the Rocky Mountains, and provides advertising copy and media buys for national and regional clients. She finds the research as intersting as the writing—she loves learning about subjects as diverse as construction scaffolding, child safety seats, and the newest trends in beauty and fashion.