Effect of maternal obesity on children's mental status
10.3760/cma.j.issn.2095-428X.2016.07.019
- VernacularTitle:母亲肥胖对儿童神经精神状况的影响
- Author:
Lulu ZHANG
;
Yexuan TAO
;
Jun ZHANG
;
Lisu HUANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Maternal obesity;
Autism spectrum disorder;
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder;
Neural tube defect;
Neurobehavioral development disorder
- From:
Chinese Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics
2016;31(7):551-553
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
In recent years,obesity is becoming one of the focus problems of social public concern.Maternal obesity may pose a threat on maternal health,for examble the increase of obstetrical complications,it may also affect the short-term and long-term health of the offspring.Maternal obesity may affect children's mental disorder,no review to date has discussed it systematically in China.Now,the health hazards of maternal obesity for the offspring including childhood autism spectrum disorder,attention deficit hyperactivity disorder,neural tube defects,neurobehavioral development disorders and so forth were reviewed,and to provide a reasonable guidance of obesity management.
