Ep18. What’s the impact of a western diet in pregnancy on child development? Expert Guests: Professor Morten Arendt Rasmussen and Dr David Horner

Whats the impact of a western diet in pregnancy on child development? Expert Guests: Professor Morten Arendt Rasmussen and Dr David Horner

It is unclear what the impact of a western diet is like on the unborn child. Now, a large observational clinical study from the University of Copenhagen and the Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood at the Danish Paediatric Asthma Centre, Herlow and Gentofte Hospital, find a relationship between maternal diet during pregnancy and the presence of ADHD and autism in children. The more of a Western diet a woman has in pregnancy - e.g. high in fat, sugar, processed products while lower in fish, fresh vegetables, and fruit—the greater the risk appears to be for her child developing ADHD or autism. Today we are joined by Professor Morten Arendt Rasmussen and Dr David Horner University of Copenhagen who led on this research to tell us what this means for pregnant women. Thank you do being with us today