Nutrition Through the Life Cycle (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Judith E. Brown
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Introduction: Diabetes diagnosed during pregnancy (in women with no prior history of diabetes) is called gestational diabetes. Women who develop gestational diabetes tend to have insulin resistance or with a predisposition to insulin resistance. The condition can worsen due to physiological changes that occur during pregnancy.
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