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New guidelines published October 26 in the journal Circulation lay out heart health checkpoints for women from childhood onward. The authors say hormonal shifts across a woman’s life are linked to cardiovascular risk, and that early habits and screening can catch problems decades sooner.

It would not be an exaggeration to state that what happens during the fetal period builds the scaffolding for health outcomes later in life. Nutrition in the first 1,000 days (from conception to age 2) influences future weight and health outcomes. Gestational diabetes and excessive weight gain during pregnancy are both risk factors for obesity…