The epidemic of chronic disease and understanding epigenetics

Dr. Kent L. Thornburg gives a TEDx Talk on he epidemic of chronic disease and understanding epigenetics, and challenges us with this question:

When will we decide to eliminate chronic disease?

And Dr. Thornburg is a pretty impressive guy, perhaps we should hear what he has to say. He received his PhD in Developmental Physiology and studied Cardiovascular Physiology as a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Postdoctoral Fellow at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). He participates in co-funded projects with scientists in England, New Zealand, France, Finland and Australia. He serves regularly on advisory panels at the NIH, the American Heart Association and the Children’s Heart Foundation and recently served as Co-Chair of the task force to determine the 10-year vision of the developmental origins of health and disease for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

I enjoyed Dr. Thornburg's talk, I hope you do too.