Weight gain between first and second pregnancies increases woman's gestational diabetes risk, study finds

Monday, May 23, 2011 - 18:30 in Health & Medicine

Compared with women whose weight remained stable, body mass index gains between the first and second pregnancy were associated with an increased risk of gestational diabetes mellitus in the second pregnancy. But losing weight between the first and second pregnancies appeared to reduce GDM risk in a second pregnancy, particularly for women who were overweight or obese to begin with, according to a new study.

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