JAMA sub-issue: Anorexia, bulimia, ADHD, autism risk in offspring of mothers with eating disorders almost doubles!

Eating disorders are complex and severe psychiatric disorders characterized by a combination of irrational fear of obesity and weight-control behaviors that lead to physical complications and impaired psychosocial functioning

Nine out of 10 people affected by eating disorders are women, and the highest rates are in adolescence and early adulthood, suggesting that it is important to understand how the process of eating disorders is affected by pregnancy

There is current evidence that children of mothers with eating disorders have impaired neurodevelopment There is current evidence that children of mothers with eating disorders have impaired neurodevelopment JAMA

This population-based prospective cohort study used the Swedish Medical Birth Register and identified singleton births registered between January 1, 1990 and December 31, 2012

Diagnosing Children

Hazard ratio [HR] = 1.

, maternal eating disorder (n = 8813) and ADHD (hazard ratio [HR] for anorexia nervosa = 1.

Persistent anorexia nervosa was associated with ADHD (HR = 2.

Forest plot of hazard ratios (HRs) for ADHD and ASD

These findings suggest that children born to mothers with eating disorders, especially those with active disorders during pregnancy, are at increased risk for ADHD and ASD

These findings suggest that children born to mothers with eating disorders, especially those with active disorders during pregnancy, are at increased risk for ADHD and ASD

references:

Analysis of Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Offspring of Mothers With Eating Disorders in Sweden.

Analysis of Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Offspring of Mothers With Eating Disorders in Sweden.


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