Thought-provoking...this book conveys admirably, for a non-specialist reader, the implications of an important idea. Michael Sargent, Nature (Books and Arts Review) Compelling book Laura Howes, Chemistry World Essential reading for anybody interested in the fascinating complexities of human biology...A most timely and innovative contribution to the popular debate about genes and the environment. Robert Winston, from the Foreword A fascinating and important journey through the development and evolution of human health. Lewis Wolpert Some possible solutions are suggested here, but for the most part Hanson and Gluckman just lay the cards out on the table for you to contemplate, which is refreshing. They offer a very humane insight that can help us all make sense of the modern world and our place in it. Margaret Bartlett, Health and Fitness