Diabetes Treated During Pregnancy Breaks Link To Childhood Obesity

August 31st, 2007 | Category: Diabetes

Treating diabetes during pregnancy can break the link amidst gestational diabetes and childhood obesity, according to a Kaiser Permanente study featured in the September issue of Diabetes Care.The largest study of its kind, that research shows that the risk of childhood obesity rises in tandem

with a pregnant woman’s blood sugar level and that untreated gestational diabetes nearly doubles a child’s risk of becoming obese by age 5 to 7. [click link for full article]

Original post by Women’s Health / Gynecology News From Medical News Today

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