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Gestational Diabetes : Prevention

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Prevention could include:
Beginning prenatal care early and regular prenatal visits helps improve the health of you and your baby. Knowing the risk factors for gestational diabetes and having prenatal screening at 24- 28 weeks into the pregnancy will help detect gestationa...
Source:ADAM
Date:October 28, 2008
There is no known way to actually prevent GDM, particularly since this condition is due to the effects of normal hormones of pregnancy. However, the effects of insulin resistance can be best handled through careful attention to diet, avoiding bec...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
There is no known way to actually prevent diabetes, particularly since gestational diabetes is due to the effects of normal hormones of pregnancy. However, the effects of insulin resistance can be best handled through careful attention to diet, av...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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