UC-Davis Study Links Obesity During Pregnancy to Autism
A new UC-Davis study published in the journal Pediatrics finds that women who are obese are 70% more likely to have a child with autism and twice as likely to have a child with other types of developmental delays as normal-weight women with normal blood pressure and no diabetes.
- "Study Finds Link Between Autism and Obesity During Pregnancy" (Khan, Los Angeles Times, 4/8).
- "UC Davis Study Suggests Link Between Obesity and Autism" (Rubenstein, Sacramento Bee, 4/9).