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Australian study

Too much junk food during pregnancy
can undermine the child’s mental health

The unborn child is likely to be aggressive or hyperactive and anxious

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MILAN – Few fruits and vegetables and a lot of junk food in pregnancy may increase the risk of conduct disorder, aggression and tantrums of the child already in the first few years of life, as well as mood disorders such as anxiety and depression. This was revealed by a survey conducted at Deakin University in Melbourne and published on Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry . STUDY – The researchers, led by Felice Jacka, they analyzed a vast amount of data on more than 23 thousand pregnant women and their children, followed up to the fifth year of life. So far it has been studied the link between lifestyle and physical health of the expectant mother of the unborn child, particularly the risk of a child becoming obese and diabetic, we never had focused on the impact of diet during pregnancy on the mental health and behavioral small. Experts have analyzed the diet of pregnant women with a food frequency que stionnaire of 225 and then that of the babies followed from birth up to 5 years, with another questionnaire more limited. They also measured the mental health of children with the protocol “Child Behavior Checklist” which identifies the signals of aggression, hyperactivity, anxiety, depression and other disorders. What emerged was a clear association between poor diet during pregnancy full of junk food as snacks and drinks and the risk of behavioral problems of the child. A similar association emerged between feeding little and his psychological state.

(Source: USA Today)