Tag: Gestational Diabetes

Women who take at least 400 µg per day of folic acid supplements before they become pregnant may be at lower risk for the development of gestational diabetes, according to findings published in Diabetes Care.

Source: Folic acid supplements show potential as ‘novel’ protective measure for gestational diabetes

Children of mothers who meet the diagnostic criteria for gestational diabetes at an early gestational age are at higher risk for hypoglycemia and hyperbilirubinemia compared with those whose mothers are diagnosed later or not at all, according to findings published in Diabetic Medicine.

Source: Early gestational diabetes diagnosis a shared risk factor for neonatal hypoglycemia, hyperbilirubinemia

Consuming fish oil or probiotics during pregnancy is not an effective means of avoiding gestational diabetes in women with overweight or obesity, according to study results published in Diabetes Care.

Source: Fish oil, probiotics fail to protect against gestational diabetes

Endocrine Today | Women with a history of gestational diabetes — hyperglycemia that appears in the second and third trimester of pregnancy and resolves after delivery — have increased risks for developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease and for developing the conditions at earlier ages compared with women without such a history.

Source: Gestational diabetes has long-term CV implications

Gestational diabetes was associated with higher risk among offspring for diabetes in childhood and adolescence, researchers in Canada reported.

Source: Gestational Diabetes Tied to Youth-Onset Diabetes

Pregnant women who incorporate more vitamin C into their diets are at lower risk for developing gestational diabetes than those with insufficient or even adequate dietary vitamin C intake, according to findings published in Clinical Nutrition.

Source: Diet high in vitamin C could protect against gestational diabetes