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April 9, 2012By\u00a0Elina At Parenting<\/a>\u00a9 VeerWe\u2019re always worrying about losing the baby weight following delivery, but a new study featured in\u00a0Pediatrics<\/a><\/em>\u00a0might have potential moms paying more attention to the scalebefore<\/em>\u00a0they conceive. A mother\u2019s obesity during pregnancy may raise the risk of autism in her baby by 67 percent, reports\u00a0MSNBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The study is part of an ongoing effort to find preventable factors that may increase the risk of autism. Researchers compared the medical histories of 1,000 children in California to take a closer look at the impact of obesity, diabetes, and high blood pressure on pregnancy. They found that while women with diabetes were only slightly more likely to have a baby with autism, they were twice as likely to have a child with a different neurodevelopmental disorder.<\/p>\n

The reason for these findings remains uncertain, though it is possible that high levels of blood glucose in obese and diabetic women may have a negative impact on a fetus\u2019 developing brain. Higher levels of glucose can cause a baby to grow faster and require more oxygen as a result\u2014if insufficient oxygen is provided, problems with brain development can arise. The inflammatory proteins produced by fat cells are another possible cause, since they are involved in normal brain development. Too many or too few of these proteins might have an adverse effect on how the brain develops. Either way, researchers remain unsure of the impact of diabetes or obesity on fetal growth.<\/p>\n

While researchers note that more research is needed to confirm the connection between maternal obesity and autism, they point out that U.S. autism rates have increased along with obesity. Until more information is known, the\u00a0study\u2019s lead author Paula Krakowiak suggests that obese moms take these new findings as another reason to lose weight. A woman is considered obese when she’s about 35 or more pounds overweight or has a body-mass index (BMI) of 30 or higher.<\/p>\n

<\/ins><\/ins><\/ins>\u201cIt doesn\u2019t hurt anybody to lose weight and it comes with other benefits to the mom. So losing weight not only will help you, but it also might potentially help your child to be healthier,\u201d Krakowiak says.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

April 9, 2012By\u00a0Elina At Parenting\u00a9 VeerWe\u2019re always worrying about losing the baby weight following delivery, but a new study featured in\u00a0Pediatrics\u00a0might have potential moms paying more attention to the scalebefore\u00a0they conceive. A mother\u2019s obesity during pregnancy may raise the risk of autism in her baby by 67 percent, reports\u00a0MSNBC. 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