Diabetes Cure Blog

Researchers at Kaiser Permanente’s Department of Research and Evaluation, find that women who developed diabetes before pregnancy, may have problems with their blood-sugar control throughout the pregnancy. The organs of a baby is developed at the early stage of pregnancy, women need to reduce their risks before getting pregnant.

Kaiser Permanente Medical Group, in Oakland, California, reported that women who gained about 5 to 22 pounds per year during the 5 years prior to pregnancy were 2.5 times more likely to develop gestational diabetes. Thus the study finds that would-be pregnant women decrease their likelihood of developing gestational diabetes by not gaining weight, study [...]