Diabetes in Pregnancy Linked to ADHD & Autism in Kids
What: A Lancet meta-analysis of 56 million pregnancies found diabetes during pregnancy increases the risk of ADHD and autism in children by 28%.
Key Line: “What’s probably happening is a combination of the blood sugar levels themselves, but also how that triggers inflammation, other hormonal changes, how it turns certain genes on and off during fetal development.” — Dr. Céline Gounder
Source: CBS
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