Autism, pregnancy and lifestyle: an integrative review

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  • Júlia Figueirêdo de Almeida Novaes Graduanda, Faculdade de Medicina do Centro Universitário UNIME, Lauro de Freitas, BA, Brasil https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7292-0631
  • Gabriela Farias Carreiro Graduanda, Medicina, Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública, EBMSP, Brotas, Salvador, BA, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1712-4301
  • Ana karolina Franco da Mota Dias Graduanda, Medicina, Faculdade Zarns Salvador, Imbuí, Salvador, BA, Brasil https://orcid.org/0009-0008-3979-9821
  • Maira Katarine Franco da Mota Doutora, Medicina, Universidade Federal da Bahia, UFBA, Sistema Único de Saúde, SUS, Salvador, BA, Brasil
  • Stella Beate Brunner Souza Médica, Perita, Instituto Nacional do Seguro Social, INSS, Brasília, DF, Brasil https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5846-3003
  • Tatiana Marins Farias Faculdade de Medicina do Centro Universitário UNIME, Lauro de Freitas, BA e Médica, Perita, Instituto Nacional da Seguridade Social, INSS, Salvador, BA, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9319-5764

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61661/BJLM.2024.v3.89

Keywords:

Autism Spectrum Disorder, Pregnancy, Life Style, ASD

Abstract

Lifestyle Medicine (LM) is a field of study that encompasses six fundamental pillars: sleep, nutrition, physical activity, substance use, stress management and interpersonal relationships. Recent research has pointed to an important relationship between LM and Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases. These connections gain even more relevance in the context of fetal development, a period of high susceptibility to harmful environmental and metabolic agents, which can contribute to the development of neurodevelopmental disorders, such as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). This study aims to analyze the relationship between Lifestyle, ASD and pregnancy, and identify the characteristics of the SEM approach in current scientific literature. This is an integrative literature review of articles published between 2012 and 2022, selected from the bibliographic databases PubMed, Scielo, Medline and LILACS. A total of 12 articles were selected. It was observed that the relationship between ASD and maternal lifestyle was addressed, with an important influence on the outcome of the offspring. The studies analyzed point to the main contributors to this relationship being high-fat diets poor in micronutrients, a sedentary lifestyle and exposure to pollutants and tobacco, agents that significantly affect different stages of neurological development. The data obtained pointed to an important relationship between dietary factors, physical activities and exposure to harmful substances and the development of ASD, however the studies do not address the pillars of LM in full, so that new work with greater methodological rigor needs to be carried out for the adequate inference of these results.

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Júlia Figueirêdo de Almeida Novaes, Graduanda, Faculdade de Medicina do Centro Universitário UNIME, Lauro de Freitas, BA, Brasil

http://lattes.cnpq.br/3079671803818584

Gabriela Farias Carreiro, Graduanda, Medicina, Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública, EBMSP, Brotas, Salvador, BA, Brasil

http://lattes.cnpq.br/8878541614844455

Ana karolina Franco da Mota Dias, Graduanda, Medicina, Faculdade Zarns Salvador, Imbuí, Salvador, BA, Brasil

http://lattes.cnpq.br/4825125633891289

Maira Katarine Franco da Mota, Doutora, Medicina, Universidade Federal da Bahia, UFBA, Sistema Único de Saúde, SUS, Salvador, BA, Brasil

http://lattes.cnpq.br/1581250810665792

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3436-610X

Stella Beate Brunner Souza, Médica, Perita, Instituto Nacional do Seguro Social, INSS, Brasília, DF, Brasil

http://lattes.cnpq.br/3143904538453145

Tatiana Marins Farias, Faculdade de Medicina do Centro Universitário UNIME, Lauro de Freitas, BA e Médica, Perita, Instituto Nacional da Seguridade Social, INSS, Salvador, BA, Brasil

http://lattes.cnpq.br/6772189662965154

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