Low Birth Weight Linked to Autism

" We already know low birth weight babies are at risk for developmental delays now a new study finds -- five times more likely to be diagnosed with autism to. Researchers followed that one thousand eighties for two decades all of the babies were born weighing less than four point four -- most were premature. The researchers found. Five out of 100 low birth rate eighties -- to isn't as opposed to one out of a hundred in the general population the question is why. No one really knows but Elizabeth bloggers and director of the help group UCLA autism research alliance says there are some theories about why we maturity or low birth weight may put babies -- at risk."

" One potential hypothesis is that on these children are born some kind of traumatic brain injury. Another hypothesis relates to be the treatments that are given to these young babies I'm after there are born prematurely."

" In future studies researchers are going to look at -- the complications. Related to premature birth the brain hemorrhage caused the increased risk. Until they figure out the reason this study may help parents and doctors take a proactive approach."

" And also screening when there's a child with a low birth weight you're gonna want to actually go and take a look at these early warning signs and see if these kids are meeting and found -- milestones."