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This Made Kids 5x More Likely to Develop Mental Illness | Dr. Chris Palmer

3 Feb 2025 · 1 min

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A study of 5,000 children found that nine-year-olds with the highest insulin resistance were five times more likely to develop psychosis by age 24. This risk was present before obesity appeared, and it's stronger than most genetic risk factors for mental illness.

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Researchers followed over 5,000 kids from birth to age 24. So even before they have obesity, the children at age nine who had the highest levels of insulin resistance were five times more likely to develop a psychotic disorder by the time they were 24. I want to be clear. When we talk about statistics like, oh, maybe eating so much red meat is bad for you, Those epidemiological studies at best find 10%, 15% increased risk over years. This is not trivial. This is a stronger connection than genes.