Gestational diabetes and exercise: a survey.
Exercise has long been accepted as an adjunctive nonmedical intervention in the management of diabetes in nonpregnant subjects. It is universally accepted that pregnancy is a diabetogenic event which could develop into gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in up to 12% of pregnant women. GDM, a carbohydrate intolerance of variable severity with onset or first recognition during pregnancy, involves a relative resistance to insulin. Exercise becomes thus a logical intervention, only recently offered as an adjunctive therapy to pregnant diabetics. This article reviews our current understanding of the role of exercise in the management of GDM.
Women's Hospital, University of Bonn, FRG.
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D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D016640:Diabetes, Gestational / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D011247:Pregnancy
D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin