Maternal Obesity
Cross-source consensus on Maternal Obesity from 1 sources and 3 claims.
1 sources · 3 claims
Risks & contraindications
Evidence quality
Highlighted claims
- Maternal obesity substantially increases autism risk in offspring. — Parental Metabolic Health and Autism Risk
- A meta-analysis of over 3 million people found that women with obesity are twice as likely to have an autistic child compared with women without obesity. — Parental Metabolic Health and Autism Risk
- When maternal obesity and diabetes are both present, autism rates among offspring increase fourfold. — Parental Metabolic Health and Autism Risk