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High Blood Sugar During Pregnancy Ups Risk of Mother’s Type 2 Diabetes, Child’s Obesity

Body Composition Study
A participant sits ready for body composition testing at Lurie Children’s Hospital during a visit for HAPO-FUS. (Source: Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago/Northwestern University)

Researchers followed mothers and their children 10-14 years after birth.

Bethesda, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—September 11, 2018
Contact: Amy F. Reiter

Mothers with elevated blood gluc

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ose during pregnancy – even if not high enough to meet the traditional definition of gestational diabetes– were significantly more likely to have developed type 2 diabetes…

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