Children who suffer abuse, violence or other trauma at home are more likely to be seriously ill as adults, a report has found.
The study says children who endure four or more adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are more than twice as likely to be diagnosed with a chronic disease in later life as those who have experienced none.
They are four times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes, three times more likely to develop heart disease and three times more likely to develop respiratory disease,'the report from Public Health Wales.
According to the report, over a 12-month period, those with four or more ACEs were three times more likely to have attended accident and emergency units, three times more likely to have stayed overnight in hospital, and twice as likely to have visited their GP, again compared with people who report no ACEs.
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