Eating boiled eggs during pregnancy is not the reason behind speech delay among children, an expert has clarified.

Speech delay in children is becoming a common phenomenon, and parents are getting worried.

In a bid to try and diagnose the problem and find the solution, a section of women have alleged that eating boiled eggs during pregnancy is a major contributor to the delays.

Speaking during a discussion on Citizen TV about autism, its detection, and treatment, speech specialist and therapist Dr Peter Mucheru firmly dismissed this myth.