Preventing diabetes in women with gestational diabetes.
The immediate consequences of gestational diabetes on pregnancy are well known but the complications decades later for the mother and child are just now emerging. This trio of papers discuss the long-term consequences of gestational diabetes, the importance of screening this high risk group of women for type 2 diabetes, and the evidence for lifestyle, medications and breastfeeding for the prevention of type 2 diabetes in these women.
Denice
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Feig
D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016640:Diabetes, Gestational / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D012307:Risk Factors