You are what you eat. Or at least, what your grandmother ate.

Before you were even a twinkle in your father’s eye, your genetics had already been determined two generations earlier. And the food your grandmother was eating had a real effect on the genetic coding taking place in her eggs.

This presents an important public health opportunity, says neonatologist and perinatal researcher Adrienne Gordon. Join her as she discusses how studying pre-conception factors such as lifestyle and nutrition could result in a disease-free future.