Drinking diet sodas and aspartame-sweetened beverages daily during pregnancy linked to autism in male offspring - UT Health San Antonio
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Contact: Steven Lee, (210) 450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 20, 2023 – A new published study led by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) has found an association between autism diagnosis in boys and daily consumption of either diet soda or a comparable amount of […]
  • gibmiser@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Sample size of 235 mothers of autistic kids and 121 mothers without. Self report from mothers of daily aspertime consumption. Daily consumption was three times more common in the mothers of autistic children than the control group.

    If it can be replicated then this seems like pretty compelling evidence. Get ready for the class action lawsuits…

    • nixfreakEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Obesity would have nothing to do with autism

  • photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    You’d think it’d be a no-brainer to reduce junk food consumption during pregnancy. I know you get cravings but you don’t need soda every day anyway.