Recreational Science

Kids vs traffic and food preference in fetuses


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Crossing the street alone is a difficult and dangerous task for young kids. Is it even more perilous for overweight and out-of-shape children?

Kids are notorious picky eaters. When does this start? In the womb?

In this episode, Lu and Tirth play another game of Family Feud But Science and discuss practical athleticism in overweight children and whether fetuses are picky "eaters."

Timestamps:

  • 0:00 Intro
  • 0:38 BTS
  • 1:48 Family Feud But Science
  • 15:00 Fat kids study
  • 26:23 Fetuses study
  • 35:03 Let’s read some mail
  • 39:22 What did you learn today, outro

Article links:

  • Chaddock et al., 2012. Role of Childhood Aerobic Fitness in Successful Street Crossing. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. https://journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/fulltext/2012/04000/role_of_childhood_aerobic_fitness_in_successful.23.aspx
  • Ustin et al., 2022. Flavor Sensing in Utero and Emerging Discriminative Behaviors in the Human Fetus. Psychological science. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/09567976221105460
  • Ladas et al., 2007. Colonic gas explosion during therapeutic colonoscopy with electrocautery. World Journal of Gastroenterology. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4171316/

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