Gestational diabetes and pregnancy: Lifestyle interventions

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A postpartum lifestyle intervention may help women with gestational diabetes to lose weight following childbirth, indicate results from the 1-year analysis of the Tianjin Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Prevention Program randomized controlled trial.

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In a lively session on Friday afternoon, presenters looked at the evidence (or lack thereof) underlying dietary guidelines for patients with diabetes.

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Taking up healthy eating and exercise does not prevent obese pregnant women from developing gestational diabetes, despite having marked effects on weight gain, show the findings of a randomized trial.

Research suggests that women with gestational diabetes who have elevated glycated haemoglobin levels in the third trimester of pregnancy should be closely monitored for the development of diabetes after delivery.

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