By: Kati White

AUTISM LINKED TO MATERNAL

OBESITY

• Study took place in California

• Kept track of 1,000 children

• The number of children who have autism today is

one in 88

• The number of children who had autism in 2006 was

one in 110

• The number of obese people has gone up

FACTS ABOUT THIS STUDY

• How obesity causes autism:

• Over exposure to glucose, insulin, and inflammation

• Autism is also linked to closely spaced pregnancies, poor maternal nutrition, and

antidepressant use

• Autism effects one in 88 American children

• This study is just one piece of causes of autism

THE STUDY ITSELF

• The problem might be environmental

problems

• It may also be genetics

• It could be what the child ate or drank

• Or when the last time the child was

sick/what they had

IS THIS STUDY TRUE?

• http://abcnews.go.com/Health/AutismRisk/autism-linked-maternal-obesity-diabetes/story?id=16086872

• The journal Pediatrics

• The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta

• Irva Hertz-Picciotto

• Dr. Susan Hyman

• Dr. Ari Brown

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WORK CITED