Children of women with gestational diabetes and obesity may be twice as likely to develop attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) compared with those whose mothers did not have obesity, according to new research published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
According to statistics by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an estimated six million children ages 3 to17 years old were diagnosed with ADHD between 2016 and 2019. A major risk factor…
