Tag: Weight Gain

Early Weight Gain Increases Risk of Gestational Diabetes


Women who gain weight too quickly during the first three months of pregnancy are more prone to develop gestational diabetes, suggests a new study by researchers from Kaiser Permanente Medical Group in Oakland, California. Reuters reports the researchers compared 345 women who developed gestational diabetes to 800 women who did not, all of whom delivered their babies between 1996 and 1998 and had oral glucose tolerance tests at 24 to 28 weeks’ gestation. Women who gained weight the most slowly during their first trimester...



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