The rate of Autism is at record heights in the United States, ALONG with the rise of Obesity and Diabetes and the 3 are being linked. Comments?

[Bricealan]

Recent comments from the medical community have linked Autism with the rise of Obesity and Diabetes, SAYING that an Obese woman with Diabetes is 4 times as likely to have a child with Autism.

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

I just think people need to eat less and exercise more.

Maybe RFK has some points about food ingredients. We ban things like BHA (Butylated Hydroxyanisole) here in Japan since it has so many negative effects in large doses at least concentrated all at once like endocrine disruptions, cancer, neurological disorders, etc.

But I also don't think a human being should be eating 4 donuts in one day. That applies here too in Japan even though we ban all these possibly-dangerous ingredients.

[Bricealan]

@GuyAnswersGirls123 Thank you for your well thought out answer. that is the kind of input I was hoping for.

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

Cheers! Specifically on autism, I'm not an expert but maybe there's something wrong with society or the psychological diagnosis or both when boys are being diagnosed with autism with a 4:1 ratio to girls.

There's a overly feminine-centric society we live in these days, and I'm no psychologist, but I figure we're screwing something up if we try to encourage young boys to stop competing and keeping score in their sports.

[OneViewpoint]

I think science still hasn't found the cause (s) of autism and stupid people continue to make up their own answers with no data or science to back it up. No worries. Ivermectin will cure autism too.

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

Correlation is not causation. People becoming more aware of just how varied the symptoms of autism are and realizing how wide the autism spectrum is has nothing to do with the rising rates of obesity and diabetes diagnoses. The latter has more to do with the fact that many ingredients and food standards in America are not considered legal in other developed nations.

[sage2021]

I do know that Trump has RFK looking into why autism is so expedentially prevalent in recent years.
I read that they are finding microplastics in a babies first stool after being born.

[katiesmuff]

Simple solution begin having family meals together, remove the junk food and sugars, and eat healthy. Parents need to know what their children are consuming.

[NathanDavis]

and if you tweak the data enough... you can also link all of these to Kevin Bacon, so...

[Bricealan]

@NathanDavis I always thought you were smarter and more of a thinker than to give a ridiculous answer like that. Please, I was hoping for something more cerebral than that. You don't usually give some off-hand stupid answer like that. What's up with that?

[NathanDavis]

"comments from the community"

there's nothing cerebral about "comments on media"

that's just online fodder... think about it... did you find any substantial data for these studies, and more importantly... did you find any confirmation from peer-reviewed scientists? my guess is no, since you didn't bother to post none of that here...

[DryGermanGuy]

I guess we can be glad it wasn’t caused by child vaccinations after all? 🤔🙄