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• Fatty Diet Before Pregnancy Linked to Gestational Diabetes TUESDAY, Jan. 31 (HealthDay News) -- A pre-pregnancy diet high in animal fat increases the risk that moms-to-be will develop gestational diabetes, a new study says.
• Many babies born to immigrants are being labeled too smal... ( St. Michael's Hospital ) Researchers led by Dr. Joel Ray, have developed the first "newborn weight curves" for specific ethnic groups across Canada.
• Obesity harms mothers, babies: study Increasing rates of weight problems among pregnant women are causing adverse outcomes for mothers and their babies, many preschoolers are not getting enough exercise and almost one quarter of secondary school students are overweight.
• Med perks blog touches a nerve My recent blog, " Ending the doctor gravy train ," that explored how health care reform plans to make transparent the commonplace practice of doctors accepting gifts of food, money and junkets from pharmaceutical companies really hit a nerve with doctors out there.
• HIV-exposed children at high risk of language delay Women who consumed a diet high in animal fat and cholesterol before pregnancy were at higher risk for gestational diabetes than women whose diets were lower in animal fat and cholesterol, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health and Harvard University.
• Pregnancy diabetes to soar after test change ONE in five pregnant women could be diagnosed with gestational diabetes under new criteria doctors say will put more pressure on hospitals already struggling for resources to treat the condition.
• High animal fat diet increases gestational diabetes risk,... Women who consumed a diet high in animal fat and cholesterol before pregnancy were at higher risk for gestational diabetes than women whose diets were lower in animal fat and cholesterol, according to researchers.
• Emily Spitzer: Take a Pill At the end of the day, each woman has to be able to make these health-related decisions for herself. It is not her employer, but her own sense of morality and the counsel of her doctor that must guide her choices.
• Animal fat and cholesterol may increase gestational diabe... The study – published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition – reports that women who consume a diet high in animal fat and cholesterol before pregnancy may be at higher risk for gestational diabetes than women whose diets were lower in animal fat and cholesterol.
• High animal fat diet increases gestational diabetes risk ( NIH/National Institute of Child Health and Human Development ) Women who consumed a diet high in animal fat and cholesterol before pregnancy were at higher risk for gestational diabetes than women whose diets were lower in animal fat and cholesterol, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health and Harvard University.