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Diabetes Treated During Pregnancy Breaks Link To Childhood Obesity |
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Written by Craig - GKA Staff
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Saturday, 01 September 2007 |
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Treating diabetes during pregnancy can break the link between gestational diabetes and childhood obesity, according to a Kaiser Permanente study featured in the September issue of Diabetes Care.The largest study of its kind, this research shows that the risk of childhood obesity rises in tandem with a pregnant woman's blood sugar level and that untreated gestational diabetes nearly doubles a child's risk of becoming obese by age 5 to 7. [click link for full article]
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