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The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

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Environmental Factors in Autism

The theory linking mitochondria and mitochondrial dysfunction to autism was first proposed in 1985 and has since sparked a surge in research. The significant rise in autism rates over the past 20 years suggests environmental factors are at play, as opposed to a strictly genetic cause. For instance, women with obesity have double the risk of having an autistic child, and the same goes for women with diabetes.

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