Type 2 Diabetes - Placental Fat Metabolism in Gestational Diabetes
The placenta, or afterbirth, is the temporary organ that is implanted in the uterus during pregnancy.
It carries oxygen and nutrients from the mother to the fetus, and carbon dioxide from the fetus to the mother.
According to research performed at University Hospital in Puerta del Mar, Spain, the placenta in women who suffer Gestational diabetes or diabetes of pregnancy, have an impaired ability to metabolize fat.
According to their article, published in the American Journal of Physiology, Endocrinology, and Metabolism in May, 2013, the placenta from women who developed Gestational diabetes, burned 30 per cent less fatty acid than the placenta from healthy women.
Fatty acids are normally broken down into molecules called triglycerides, but higher levels of triglycerides were found to accumulate in the placenta of mothers with Gestational diabetes, than in a normal placenta.
Children of diabetic mothers can have an increased risk of developing obesity and Type 2 diabetes.
This is generally thought to be caused by being exposed to high levels of insulin in the uterus.
What affect large amounts of triglycerides could have upon the unborn baby are still to be discovered.
What is known is that women who have been diagnosed with diabetes of pregnancy, need to take steps to prevent or, at least delay, the onset of Type 2 diabetes in themselves and their children.
Mothers should be tested for Type 2 diabetes 6 to 12 weeks after giving birth and every 3 years after that.
They should attain their pre-pregancy weight six months to a year after giving birth, and normalize their weight after that, if necessary.
Breastfeeding can lower the baby's chance of developing Type 2 diabetes.
Mothers should feed their families healthy, low-calorie diets full of fruits and vegetables and encourage children to eat only what they really need for energy and growth.
Teaching children to play actively outdoors and taking them to the local park, the beach, and other recreational facilities, can help them to keep off unwanted pounds.
During regular visits to their pediatrician, children's height and weight will be measured to make sure they stay on track growing up, not out.
Obesity and Type 2 diabetes are epidemic among children in the developed world, but they do not have to be.
The tendency to want high-calorie food dates back to a time when getting enough to eat was a struggle.
Now that food is more easily acquired, it is time to think about:
It carries oxygen and nutrients from the mother to the fetus, and carbon dioxide from the fetus to the mother.
According to research performed at University Hospital in Puerta del Mar, Spain, the placenta in women who suffer Gestational diabetes or diabetes of pregnancy, have an impaired ability to metabolize fat.
According to their article, published in the American Journal of Physiology, Endocrinology, and Metabolism in May, 2013, the placenta from women who developed Gestational diabetes, burned 30 per cent less fatty acid than the placenta from healthy women.
Fatty acids are normally broken down into molecules called triglycerides, but higher levels of triglycerides were found to accumulate in the placenta of mothers with Gestational diabetes, than in a normal placenta.
Children of diabetic mothers can have an increased risk of developing obesity and Type 2 diabetes.
This is generally thought to be caused by being exposed to high levels of insulin in the uterus.
What affect large amounts of triglycerides could have upon the unborn baby are still to be discovered.
What is known is that women who have been diagnosed with diabetes of pregnancy, need to take steps to prevent or, at least delay, the onset of Type 2 diabetes in themselves and their children.
Mothers should be tested for Type 2 diabetes 6 to 12 weeks after giving birth and every 3 years after that.
They should attain their pre-pregancy weight six months to a year after giving birth, and normalize their weight after that, if necessary.
Breastfeeding can lower the baby's chance of developing Type 2 diabetes.
Mothers should feed their families healthy, low-calorie diets full of fruits and vegetables and encourage children to eat only what they really need for energy and growth.
Teaching children to play actively outdoors and taking them to the local park, the beach, and other recreational facilities, can help them to keep off unwanted pounds.
During regular visits to their pediatrician, children's height and weight will be measured to make sure they stay on track growing up, not out.
Obesity and Type 2 diabetes are epidemic among children in the developed world, but they do not have to be.
The tendency to want high-calorie food dates back to a time when getting enough to eat was a struggle.
Now that food is more easily acquired, it is time to think about:
- what we eat,
- control portion sizes, and
- intentionally stay active.
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