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Catastrophic effects of climate change on children’s health start before birth
Susan E. Pacheco
Susan E. Pacheco
Published January 13, 2020
Citation Information: J Clin Invest. 2020;130(2):562-564. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI135005.
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Catastrophic effects of climate change on children’s health start before birth

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Adverse effects of climate change on children’s health start before they are born.

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Pregnant women exposed to climate change are affected by stress, respiratory disease, nutritional issues, infections, heat-induced illnesses, and poverty. Children are affected in utero, leading to increased risk of intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR), low birth weight (LBW), and prematurity. Fetal programming and epigenetic changes during development also cause long-term adverse effects induced by climate change as children grow due to increased predisposition to a number of conditions, such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and other neurodevelopmental disorders; cognitive deficits; congenital heart diseases; allergic rhinitis; asthma and eczema; congenital infections; malignancy; mood disorders; schizophrenia; obesity; type 2 diabetes; and cardiovascular and metabolic problems.

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