Background Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) is defined as the type of hyperglycemia
diagnosed for the first-time during pregnancy, presenting with intermediate glucose levels …

Although all types of diabetes result in hyperglycemia, the pathophysiology of each type of
diabetes is different. These guidelines summarize available data specific to the …

Obesity among children, adolescents and adults has emerged as one of the most serious
public health concerns in the 21st century. The worldwide prevalence of childhood obesity …

India is one of the epicentres of the global diabetes mellitus pandemic. Rapid
socioeconomic development and demographic changes, along with increased susceptibility …

Worldwide prevalence of childhood obesity has increased greatly during the past three
decades. The increasing occurrence in children of disorders such as type 2 diabetes is …

Introduction: Established risk factors for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) include
ethnicity, obesity, and family history of diabetes. Untreated GDM patients have higher rates …

OBJECTIVE—The role of intrauterine hyperglycemia and future risk of type 2 diabetes in
human offspring is debated. We studied glucose tolerance in adult offspring of women with …

Background Metformin is increasingly being used during pregnancy, with potentially
adverse long-term effects on children. We aimed to examine adiposity in children of women …

In the 1980s, David Barker and Colleagues proposed that the major causes of
cardiovascular and metabolic diseases have their roots in early development. There is now …

Context: In animal studies, exposure to intrauterine hyperglycemia increases the risk of
cardiovascular disease through only partly understood epigenetic mechanisms. Human long …