Mothers-to-be can suffer from what is termed gestational diabetes, a condition similar to Type 2 diabetes which takes place only during pregnancy. Mothers who have suffered gestational diabetes are susceptible to developing Type 2 diabetes after their pregnancy has ended, and their children are subject to a number of health problems, including obesity.
Scientists at the Himmerland Hospital in Denmark, and the Harvard Medical School in the United States, compared:
the weight in men whose mothers suffered from gestational diabetes
with that of sons of mothers with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes diagnosed prior to the pregnancy.
The results of this study, reported in April 2012 in Acta Obstetrics and Gynecology of Scandinavia, included 870 men 18 to 20 years of age born to women with diabetes.
According to the Civil Registration Office, rejection by the Army due to overweight or obesity was:
8 per cent among 870 men whose mothers had been diagnosed with diabetes during their pregnancy, compared with
1 per cent in 870 young men born to women without diabetes.
The body weight of men born to mothers diagnosed with diabetes during their pregnancy were higher than in sons of women diagnosed with diabetes before their pregnancy. The highest weight group covered men whose mothers were treated with insulin for their diabetes diagnosed during pregnancy.
Like Type 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes is caused by insulin resistance. The causes of insulin resistance involve complex biochemistry, but being overweight and not participating in a reasonable amount of exercise puts people with Type 2 diabetes at high risk.
Planning your pregnancy before conception and following the plan can help to reduce the risk of gestational pregnancy. An obstetrician or family practice doctor can calculate your body mass index (BMI) and advise you as to the best diet and exercise routine before conception. Most women are able to exercise as much during pregnancy as they did beforehand, although individuals should check with their doctor.
Weight gain should be carefully monitored during pregnancy so the mother's fat cells are not filled to the point of causing insulin resistance. Glucose tolerance tests are performed at about 12 to 15 weeks of the pregnancy in order to check for gestational diabetes.
The problem is widespread. According to the National Institute of Health in the United States, estimates of gestational diabetes in the US range from 2 to 20 per cent. At any given time about 135,000 pregnancies in the US are complicated by the condition.
According to Australia's National Diabetes Register, 9 per cent of new cases of diabetes in 1999-2002 were identified during pregnancy. In England between 2002 and 2003, gestational diabetes accounted for 6,665 hospital consultations, according to the Department of Health.
With careful planning and a healthy diet and exercise plan, the number of gestational diabetes cases can be reduced.
How do you start to create a healthy lifestyle today so you can avoid developing gestational diabetes and ongoing problems for yourself and your children?
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