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About the Epidemic

Learn about the epidemic of chronic health conditions that affects at least 54% of U.S. children. Over one in two America children has a diagnosed chronic health condition such as an autoimmune disorder, a neurodevelopmental disorder, diabetes or obesity or a mood or behavioral disorder.

About the Epidemic Articles

What Is Autism, Really?

Autism is a term that is reasonably new in the modern lexicon. While the term autism was first coined in 1912, a neurological presentation that has similar characteristics to what we call autism has likely been around for a very ... Read More

Total Load Theory

What Is Total Load Theory? Total load theory is a conceptual framework used to understand the synergistic and cumulative impact of many environmental and lifestyle stressors on an individual’s health. It posits that each individual stressor adds to the total ... Read More

Documenting Hope Cited in “Autism Rates Surge: Beyond Genetics and Diagnosis” Article

Beth Lambert, founder of Documenting Hope, was cited in Joel Warsh MD’s article entitled “Autism Rates Surge: Beyond Genetics and Diagnosis” in The Epoch Times on June 4, 2024. In the article, Dr. Warsh wondered why the medical community isn’t ... Read More

The History of Total Load

Total Load Theory “Total Load Theory” is a widely used engineering term that, for decades, has been applied to explain why a bridge might collapse. Who or what is to blame? The truck driver? The trucking company? The engineer who ... Read More

Does the CDC Memory Hole the Real Autism Rates (or Is There Something Worse Going on?)

Autism Rates Are Increasing My friend Maria Rickert Hong and I just discovered something interesting about the CDC’s data on autism rates and prevalence. You may have seen the email we sent out recently about the new autism rates reported ... Read More

Autism Rate Increased Again?

Did you hear the news?The autism rate is now believed to be 1 in 36 children.That’s 2.8% of children.That’s 4% of boys. And 1 in 20 boys (5%) in California. When Epidemic Answers opened its doors in 2009, the autism ... Read More

Study: Many Small Stressors Add up to Cause Big Health Problems

In 2018, The Documenting Hope Project opened enrollment for the CHIRP™ Study which features the most comprehensive pediatric survey of children’s health, growth and development in the context of the modern world – a place with innumerabletoxic and unhealthy influences ... Read More

Epigenetics: Genetics and Environment

Epigenetics is the biology of how external modifications to an individual’s DNA can turn genes “on” or “off” with environmental triggers. Epigenetics is so important that it has made the cover of Time and Scientific American. In 2012, the International ... Read More