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Autism Linked To A Mother's Weight

By: Kat Boutwell
Updated: April 9, 2012
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New statistics recently revealed there are more children living with autism in the US than researchers thought -- and while some of that spike may be due to better methods for detecting the disorder, experts say there could be environmental factors at play.
Now a new study suggests one of those factors could be a mother's weight during pregnancy.

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