Many of us watch with alarm the increase in cases of behavioral disorders in children (in fact smaller and smaller). Diseases such as ADHD are increasingly present in doctors’ offices, so research is covering other points of view that were not taken into account before, such as the environment that surrounds both the pregnant mother and the pregnant mother. children in their early childhood . The results of one of those studies have just come to light and its conclusions could not be more concerning.
Tobacco and traffic smoke: the two worst pollutants
The study has analyzed the effects of the exposome (all the exposures that a person is subjected to until death, such as eating habits or the environment), taking into account 88 prenatal environmental factors and 123 environmental factors of boys and girls of age school, which included outdoor, indoor, chemical, lifestyle, and social exposures .
The results found that the factors that can most influence the psychological state of children during pregnancy are smoking and car smoke. In fact, this relationship becomes less evident during early childhood, thus inferring the enormous sensitivity and receptivity that a baby possesses when it is in its mother’s womb.
The study also suggests that mothers who smoke are generally in more tense family environments and have more psychological problems such as anxiety or stress, characteristics that are directly transferred to the emotional state of both the fetus and the children , and that can become in the trigger for behavior disorders at a very early age.
Although I had already raised this problem before, it has been found that contamination can have the same effect, and although that relationship can be understood biologically, the researchers involved in the study say that the exact mechanisms of how it occurs cannot yet be explained.
A healthy life: the best way to combat external aggressions
Just as an environment in which smoke and pollution prevail has negative effects on children’s behavior, a healthy lifestyle that includes a balanced and varied diet, adequate rest, a calm and positive family environment and relationships Active social activities can counteract them and can actually prevent future mental health problems.
It is clear that preventing children from breathing poor quality air is very complicated , especially for those of us who live in large cities, so we must use all the other tools we have to take care of their health: try to make your environment the healthiest possible in other aspects … if you mentally think that you need help, do not hesitate to look for it (for you and for them), go out to the field, talk a lot and cook as a family. It is what we have the most at hand and what can make the difference between happy children or anxious and stressed children.
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