Diabetes in pregnancy is a serious problem that, if not controlled during pregnancy, can have serious consequences for the mother and the baby, such as premature birth, malformations and even the loss of the baby.
Some research suggests that there is a relationship between weight before pregnancy and gestational diabetes. Seeing that diabetes cases have increased in recent years due to youth obesity, we see that the theory is reaffirmed.
Currently, diabetes affects 7% of pregnant women and is detected by a routine test, known as the sugar test in which it gives the pregnant woman to take a glucose overload to control blood levels.
In some cases, gestational diabetes is detected, caused by an inability to correctly regulate sugar levels due to the action of hormones, and usually disappears after delivery, except for 15% who will develop a mild diabetes or a small alteration. In other cases, the least, it is discovered that the woman was already diabetic but if she did not test, the disease would not have been detected.
But let's go to what we talked about before, obesity, one of the triggers of diabetes. As we know, obesity appears at an earlier age, and as a result, there are more and more women of childbearing age. It is a vicious circle, since children born to these obese mothers are at greater risk of becoming overweight in the future and in turn, they will have a better chance of developing diabetes. In conclusion, the only remedy to cut this chain is to fight against obesity taking care of food, both before and during pregnancy and following prenatal check-ups.
