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Relation of obesity and diabetes

Palash Das @onlinepalash (77) • Kolkata, India 1 Aug 19

Obesity is among the most common disease in the world. As a result to diabetes there are many other health risks associated with obesity. These health problems include metabolic disturbance such as insulin resistance,...

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Dieting during pregnancy

astreadido @astreadido (608) • Philippines 26 Jul 10

I'm already on my 7th month and my doctor advised me to diet because my sugar level went up, I'm now a gestational diabetic. I love to eat and just imagine how hard it is to control your cravings when pregnant. But of course I...

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Have you had or are having Gestational diabetes?

OpinionatedLady @OpinionatedLady (5965) • United States 20 Jan 10

I have been diagnosed early with gestational diabetes. Do to a insulin resistance disorder I already have prior there was no escaping this. I am able to diet control with some pill form medication at the moment but the specialist...

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Gestational Diabetes

emmasmomma @emmasmomma (340) • Canada 4 Feb 08

I had my second baby in October of last year. During my pregnancy I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes. I was able to control my blood sugars with diet and didn't require insulin. After my daughter was born the doctors told...

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3-D ultrasound and Gestational Diabetes

MGarcia @MGarcia (330) • United States 20 Aug 07

Hello! I am going for a 3-D ultrasound tomorrow afternoon. I know that orange juice normally gets the baby moving and this is what I would normally do. HOWEVER, I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes a little over a week ago...

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MGarcia @MGarcia (330) • United States 28 Jul 07

The glucose tolerance test we all love. With my daughter I had to take the 1 hour and 3 hour test. I was given the orange flavored sugar solution both times, which I call a "flat sunkist". With this pregnancy I failed the 1...

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If you had gestational diabetes how big was your baby

Melissa83 @Melissa83 (23) • United States 26 Jun 07

I was just wondering how big every baody baby was if they had gestational diabetes cause my first was 4lb 13 oz and my second was 6 lbs 4 oz

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OB told me I might have GESTATIONAL DIABETES, anybody had this while pregnant?

ladymoonstone143 @ladymoonstone143 (1507) • United States 7 Jun 07

I am worried now because when I went to see my OB and she told me that my sugar was high when she got the result of my bloodwork. She wanted me to do bloodwork again to make sure that I don't have gestational diabetes at this late...

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