Obese And Diabetic Women Are Four Times More Likely To Have Autistic Child

Children born to mothers who are obese and diabetic are over four times as likely to be diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder than children whose mothers have healthy weight and do not suffer from diabetes, according to new research from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Children born to mothers who are obese and diabetic are over four times as likely to be diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder than children whose mothers have healthy weight and do not suffer from diabetes, according to new research from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Study leader Xiaobin Wang, Professor in Child Health at the Bloomberg School, said, “We have long known that obesity and diabetes aren't good for mothers' own health. Now we have further evidence that these conditions also i