In the mid-1990s, the concept of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) was introduced through a study conducted by Kaiser Permanente and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Research has identified causal pathways whereby adverse events in childhood can affect health later in life. 1,3–5 Adults with ACEs in our study may nevertheless have had genetic endowments or ...

ACES Study on WBRC FOX6 Beth Kitchin, PhD, RDN, Assistant Professor in the UAB Department of Nutrition Sciences spoke about the ACES Study on WBRC FOX6 News' Good Day Alabama on September 29, 2020.

Initiated at Kaiser Permanente between 1995 and 1997, the original ACE study involved two waves of data collection. More than 17,000 people underwent physical exams and completed confidential surveys.

More than 60 percent of US adults report that they had adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). For this study of 930,000 children born during the period 1999–2003, we used linked administrative ...