Percentage of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Attributable to Overweight and Obesity

2010307 citationsJournal Articlegreen Open Access

Authors

Shin Y. Kim · National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Lucinda J. England · National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Hoyt G. Wilson · National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Connie L. Bish · National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Glen A. Satten · National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Patricia M. Dietz · National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Abstract

If all overweight and obese women (BMI of 25 kg/m(2) or above) had a GDM risk equal to that of normal-weight women, nearly half of GDM cases could be prevented. Public health efforts to reduce prepregnancy BMI by promoting physical activity and healthy eating among women of reproductive age should be intensified.

Topics & Keywords

Gestational Diabetes Research and Management Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Birth, Development, and Health

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: American Journal of Public Health

Volume 100, Issue 6, pp. 1047-1052

DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2009.172890

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