Childbearing Increases Chance Of Developing The Metabolic Syndrome
Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - 21:14
in Health & Medicine
Childbearing is associated directly with future development of the metabolic syndrome -- abdominal obesity, high triglycerides, insulin resistance and other cardiovascular disease risk factors -- and for women who have had gestational diabetes, the risk is more than twice greater, according to a new study.
