{"id":73,"date":"2011-12-12T18:40:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-12T23:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med.sites.unc.edu\/alcohol\/education-prevention\/fetal-alcohol-spectrum-disorders\/alcohol-related-birth-defects-fasd-and-fetal-alcohol-effects\/"},"modified":"2017-12-12T15:12:27","modified_gmt":"2017-12-12T20:12:27","slug":"alcohol-related-birth-defects-fasd-and-fetal-alcohol-effects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/alcohol\/education-prevention\/fetal-alcohol-spectrum-disorders\/alcohol-related-birth-defects-fasd-and-fetal-alcohol-effects\/","title":{"rendered":"Alcohol-Related Birth Defects: FASD and Fetal Alcohol Effects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- portlet_header --><\/p>\n<p><!-- portlet_above --><\/p>\n<p><!-- description --><\/p>\n<h2>Alcohol-Related Birth Defects:<br \/>\nFetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders and Fetal Alcohol Effects<\/h2>\n<p>Alcohol use during pregnancy is the leading cause of mental retardation in children.<\/p>\n<p>Much of the damage from alcohol is done before the mother is even aware of her pregnancy. No one knows exactly how much alcohol can harm your baby. It&#8217;s safest to not use any. Babies don&#8217;t metabolize alcohol as well as adults do, so the alcohol a pregnant woman drinks has a greater effect on her baby than on her.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Although facial abnormalities are a key aspect of FAS, they are not always present and are only one component of alcohol-related birth defects. A child&#8217;s physical, mental, and behavioral development are all at risk when a pregnant woman drinks.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pubs.niaaa.nih.gov\/publications\/Science\/curriculum.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fetal Alcohol Syndrome &#8220;Better Safe Than Sorry&#8221; Curriculum Slides and Videos Online<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"internal-link\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/alcohol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/515\/2017\/12\/fas-1.ppt\" target=\"_self\">(View Alcohol-Related Birth Defects Slideshow)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwR\/preview\/mmwrhtml\/mm5409a6.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">U.S. Surgeon General&#8217;s Advisory on Alcohol Use in Pregnancy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"internal-link\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/alcohol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/515\/2017\/12\/volume-13-no-3.pdf\" target=\"_self\">UNC Scientist Leads Bowles Center Efforts to Prevent Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (Center Line, Vol. 13, No 3, 2002)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pubs.niaaa.nih.gov\/publications\/aa50.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NIAAA Alcohol Alert on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nofas.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (NOFAS)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/fascenter.samhsa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FASD Center for Excellence <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/ncbddd\/fas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pubs.niaaa.nih.gov\/publications\/fas\/fas.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Drinking and Your Pregnancy<\/a>, from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alcohol-Related Birth Defects: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders and Fetal Alcohol Effects Alcohol use during pregnancy is the leading cause of mental retardation in children. Much of the damage from alcohol is done before the mother is even aware of her pregnancy. No one knows exactly how much alcohol can harm your baby. It&#8217;s safest to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/alcohol\/education-prevention\/fetal-alcohol-spectrum-disorders\/alcohol-related-birth-defects-fasd-and-fetal-alcohol-effects\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Alcohol-Related Birth Defects: FASD and Fetal Alcohol Effects\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1362,"featured_media":0,"parent":8,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-73","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Alcohol-Related Birth Defects: FASD and Fetal Alcohol Effects | Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/alcohol\/education-prevention\/fetal-alcohol-spectrum-disorders\/alcohol-related-birth-defects-fasd-and-fetal-alcohol-effects\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Alcohol-Related Birth Defects: FASD and Fetal Alcohol Effects | Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Alcohol-Related Birth Defects: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders and Fetal Alcohol Effects Alcohol use during pregnancy is the leading cause of mental retardation in children. 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