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PSYCHOLOGY: DISORDERS: AUTISM :
MEDICAL: CONDITIONS: OBESITY :
MEDICAL: PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH :
MEDICAL: RESEARCH:
Autism Linked to Maternal Obesity
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Autism Linked to Maternal Obesity
By KATIE MOISSE
April 9, 2012
ABC News
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/AutismRisk/autism-linked-
maternal-obesity-diabetes/story?id=16086872#.T4QU-fUwx8E
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A new study suggests obesity during pregnancy may raise the risk of
autism, a developmental disorder that affects one in 88 American children.
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The study of more than 1,000 children in California found the risk of
autism and other developmental delays was 60 percent higher among those
born to mothers who were obese, hypertensive or diabetic.
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"The prevalence of obesity and diabetes among U.S. women of childbearing
age is 34 percent and 8.7 percent, respectively," the study authors wrote
in their report published today in the journal Pediatrics. "Our findings
raise concerns that these maternal conditions may be associated with
neurodevelopmental problems in children and therefore could have serious
public health implications."
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta estimates
one in 88 children has an autism spectrum disorder, up from one in 110 in
2006. Obesity is also on the rise, affecting more than one-third of U.S.
adults.
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"It's hard to say if they're linked," said study author Irva
Hertz-Picciotto, professor of public health sciences at the University of
California at Davis. "It might be there's some environmental factor that
contributes both to the obesity epidemic and to the rise in autism cases.
Or it could be the increase in obesity is, in fact, contributing to the
increase in autism. But it's certainly not going to account for all of
it."
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Hertz-Picciotto and colleagues have also linked autism to poor maternal
nutrition, antidepressant use and closely spaced pregnancies.
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"The goal of our research program is to try to find the modifiable risk
factors," Hertz-Picciotto said. "You can't control your genetics. But
assuming our study is replicated, you would really want to figure out
whether lowering weight and controlling diabetes during pregnancy through
physical exercise and diet or more medical means could change the risk of
a child developing autism."
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