7 The Dietary Management of Diabetic Pregnancies.

Diabetes is a common complication of pregnancy. Nutritional advice, intervention and education are a central part of the management of all women with diabetes in pregnancy. Dietary intervention, either alone or with insulin, can improve pregnancy outcomes. Appropriate advice to obese women with Type 2 diabetes and GDM should aim to avoid excessive maternal weight gain and worsening glucose tolerance after pregnancy. For women with GDM dietary advice in pregnancy should extend beyond the pregnancy itself, aimed at reducing the lifetime risk of future diabetes for both the mother and her child. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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