babies of mothers with gestational diabetes have more body fat, Scans reveal

Thursday, May 12, 2016 - 10:40 in Health & Medicine

Babies born to mothers with gestational diabetes have more body fat at two months of age compared to babies born to healthy mothers, says a new study. Scientists used MRI scanning to measure body fat in 86 babies -- they took these readings shortly after birth, and again when the babies were 8-12 weeks old.

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