2. FACTS ABOUT THIS STUDY
• Study took place in California
• Kept track of 1,000 children
• The number of children who have autism today is
one in 88
• The number of children who had autism in 2006 was
one in 110
• The number of obese people has gone up
3. THE STUDY ITSELF
• How obesity causes autism:
• Over exposure to glucose, insulin, and inflammation
• Autism is also linked to closely spaced
pregnancies, poor maternal nutrition, and
antidepressant use
• Autism effects one in 88 American children
• This study is just one piece of causes of
autism
4. IS THIS STUDY TRUE?
• The problem might be environmental
problems
• It may also be genetics
• It could be what the child ate or drank
• Or when the last time the child was
sick/what they had
5. WORK CITED
• http://abcnews.go.com/Health/AutismRisk/autism-linked-maternal-obesity-
diabetes/story?id=16086872
• The journal Pediatrics
• The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta
• Irva Hertz-Picciotto
• Dr. Susan Hyman
• Dr. Ari Brown
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