According to California researchers, one of the most important determinants of a child's intelligence throughout his life is the mother's blood glucose levels during pregnancy..

In the presence of obesity or diabetes, the child will have a slightly lower level of brain activity, while the risk of developing autism, as well as many other neurological disorders in this case, will be much higher. These conclusions were made on the basis of a study of more than a thousand pregnant women in the process of pregnancy, and comparing the results with the health status of their children, in the first years of their life path.. In total, the study was conducted over a period of 7 years from 2003 to 2010..

Among children whose mothers had diabetes during pregnancy, the autism rate was 9.3%. In 11.6% of cases in the same group, children were recognized as disabled for various reasons, mainly on the basis of neurological problems.. In women who do not suffer from diabetes or obesity, this figure was almost half as much - in the region of 6.4%. According to experts, more than 20% of children with autism had mothers with diabetes mellitus, and 14% were obese, which makes these two factors the most significant in terms of the risk of developing neurological disorders.. The identified relationship is more than topical, because according to official statistics today in the United States, more than 34% of women of childbearing age suffer from obesity and 9% from diabetes,.

and both of these figures have been growing at a fairly rapid pace in recent decades..

When conducting tests in children who do not suffer from autism, it also turned out that the IQ in the event that the mother suffered from diabetes or obesity was noticeably below the average.. They were also more likely to experience communication difficulties than their peers whose mothers were not affected by any of the conditions.. The researchers also analyzed the effect of maternal high blood pressure during pregnancy on the risk of developing autism and other neurological disorders in children in the first years of life..

According to scientists, some deviations from the norm were still identified in the study, but they are actually not statistically significant.. Also, there was no effect of high blood pressure in mothers, and intelligence indicators in the child.

Vladislav Vorotnikov nedug. en.