Why Am I?

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S01E04 - "Dirt Poor Is Bad"

Aired on Jun 21, 2016, 9:30 AM

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1000 Kiwis, studied for 40 years - to help uncover the science of all of us. What makes you, you? It's time to find out.

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Status: Ended
Language: English
Runtime: 60 min
Premiered: May 31, 2016
Ended: June 21, 2016
Schedule: Tuesday at 9:35 PM

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Episodes (1 Season · 4 Episodes)

The Early Years

May 31, 2016

45 min

Troubled Teens

Jun 7, 2016

45 min

When Genes Mix with the Wrong Environment

The Dunedin Study has identified a fundamental developmental mechanism that completely rewrites the nature versus nurture argument. It's a genetic switch which is thrown by life events.

Jun 14, 2016

60 min

Dirt Poor Is Bad

This episode looks at the effects of modern life and aging - how excessive cleanliness affects asthma & allergies, how poverty gets under the skin to cause lifelong damage.

Jun 21, 2016