title: Management of obesity in GDM: old habits die hard.
abstract: The number of people worldwide who are obese and diabetic has increased in all age and ethnic groups. Obesity and diabetes have implications for all aspects of maternal/fetal health and outcome during pregnancy with short and long-term ramifications. Liberal pharmacological therapy, relative weight gain restriction in comparison to non-obese diabetic women, improved lifestyle changes, and achievement of targeted levels of glycemic control can mitigate pregnancy complications and result in improved pregnancy outcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University, New York, NY 10019, USA. odlanger@chpnet.org <odlanger@chpnet.org>
authors.forename: Oded
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Langer
mesh_terms: D016640:Diabetes, Gestational; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D015430:Weight Gain / Q000502:physiology