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Preventing diabetes in women with gestational diabetes
Author(s) -
Feig Denice
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
diabetes/metabolism research and reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.307
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1520-7560
pISSN - 1520-7552
DOI - 10.1002/dmrr.2280
Subject(s) - gestational diabetes , medicine , breastfeeding , type 2 diabetes , diabetes mellitus , pregnancy , obstetrics , gestation , pediatrics , endocrinology , genetics , biology
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. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.