Children Of Mothers With Diabetes Who Have Severe Obesity May Have Elevated Risk For Psychiatric Disorders, Research Suggests

reports children born to mothers with severe obesity and diabetes may face elevated risk for psychiatric disorders, researchers concluded after collecting “data from nationwide registries in Finland that encompassed all 649,043 live births between 2004 and 2014.” The study found that “compared with normal-weight mothers without diabetes, noninsulin treated type 2 diabetes in severely obese mothers was associated with psychiatric disorders in the children,” but “this association had a lower effect size than that for severely obese mothers with insulin-treated pregestational diabetes.” Overall, the study team “reported the largest effect sizes were for mood disorders, autism,” attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, “and conduct disorders.” The findings were published online Feb. 7 in JAMA Network Open. https://www.healio.com/psychiatry/pediatrics/news/online/%7B538a6ea2-f527-4fb0-beaf-c61c308879d4%7D/maternal-diabetes-in-severely-obese-mothers-influences-psychiatric-disorder-risk-in-offspring