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Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is associated with severe adverse outcomes for mother and newborn. Recently introduced Swedish guidelines on GDM diagnosis will at least double the prevalence of diagnosed women. The first line of treatment in GDM is diet and exercise treatment. Even so, there is
Background Post-prandial hypoglycemia Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (RYGB) is a well-established treatment of severe obesity and is performed in women most often during their reproductive years. RYGB is a hormonal, malabsorptive as well as a restrictive surgical procedure, leading to complications such
Obesity and related non-communicable chronic diseases (NCDs: cardiovascular diseases, cancer and diabetes) represent the main causes of death and disability in Chile as well as worldwide. They account for an important proportion of health-care costs and loss of productivity, overloading a country's
Mothers of an infant are much less likely to exercise regularly compared with women who have older children or no children. This low level of physical activity (PA) contributes to postpartum weight retention which can predict levels of obesity up to 15 years later. Ethnic minorities have higher