Males who grew up during famine years in northern Sweden between the ages of 9 and 12 had healthier children and grandchildren, with grandchildren being one-fourth less likely to get diabetes and cardiovascular disease and living an average of 3.2 years longer.

“if you were a male between the ages of 9 and 12 growing up during the famine years then your kids and your grandkids were going to be healthier your grandkids in fact were going to be one-fourth less likely to get diabetes and cardiovascular disease and they were going to be oh no I live on average 32 years longer than the grandkids of the happy well-fed granddads”