{"id":385,"date":"2015-02-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/defranciscolaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/autism-study-raises-questions-about-iron-intake-during-pregancy\/"},"modified":"2017-08-31T18:43:06","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T22:43:06","slug":"autism-study-raises-questions-about-iron-intake-during-pregancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/autism-study-raises-questions-about-iron-intake-during-pregancy\/","title":{"rendered":"Autism study raises questions about iron intake during pregancy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The fear of autism in an unborn child is a very real concern for pregnant mothers; especially those who carry the common risk factors along with a child in their womb. Expectant mothers who are over 35 or have weight concerns or other metabolic issues such as diabetes or hypertension are prime candidates for giving birth to autistic children.<\/p>\n<p>However, there is hope for mothers who have these concerns. According to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.disabilityscoop.com\/2014\/09\/24\/taking-iron-autism-risk\/19700\/\" target=\"_blank\">study<\/a> published last fall in the American Journal of Epidemiology, taking iron supplements could reduce the risk of giving birth to a child with autism.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to past studies about autism, iron deficiency (and resulting anemia) is a very common nutrient deficiency that affects almost half of all pregnant women and their children. Since iron is essential to early brain development and neurotransmitter production, and the lack of iron can affect this development, it has been found that autism could be linked to iron deficiencies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/autism-study-raises-questions-about-iron-intake-during-pregancy\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Autism study raises questions about iron intake during pregancy\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fear of autism in an unborn child is a very real concern for pregnant mothers; especially those who carry the common risk factors along with a child in their womb. Expectant mothers who are over 35 or have weight concerns or other metabolic issues such as diabetes or hypertension are prime candidates for giving [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[38],"class_list":["post-385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pregnancy-related-injuries","tag-pregnancy-related-injuries"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Autism study raises questions about iron intake during pregancy &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; February 27, 2015<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Autism study raises questions about iron intake during pregancy - Pregnancy Related Injuries - DeFrancisco &amp; Falgiatano Law Firm\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/autism-study-raises-questions-about-iron-intake-during-pregancy\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Autism study raises questions about iron intake during pregancy &#8212; 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