women who gain weight after childbirth for the first time significantly increase their risk of developing diabetes related to pregnancy during second pregnancy, a new study suggests.
Compared to women of similar height that maintain their weight, a 5-foot-4 woman who earns about 12 to 17 pounds after that childbirth more than double their chances of developing diabetes during her second pregnancy, the study revealed. If it wins 18 pounds or more, it was more than triple its chances.
(The study used body mass index, a report of the height of the weight of this problematic weight gain will vary according to the height of the woman).
Diabetes diagnosed during pregnancy, known as gestational diabetes, is influenced by changes in hormones and normal weight gain and usually disappears after the birth of the baby.
However, it can lead to complications at birth, and it also increases the risk of women developing type 2 diabetes later in life. In addition, it makes it more prone to diabetes and obesity as he grew up the baby.
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Conclusions underscore how it is for women to lose their baby weight and postpartum weight keep important gain to a minimum, researchers say. This applies particularly to those who are overweight or obese at the beginning of their first pregnancy.
Women overweight in the study, which has lost postnatal weight significantly reduced their risk of gestational diabetes compared to those who have maintained their weight.
"We recognize that this is not easy to do," says the lead author of the study, Samantha f. Ehrlich, researcher at the Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, California. "It is quite common for women to take weight."
The study, which appears in the June issue of the journal obstetrics & Gynecology, included 22,351 diverse women who were members of the Kaiser Permanente health plan in Northern California. The overall rate of gestational diabetes during the first pregnancy of women was 4.6%, and in the second, it is 5.2%.
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Less than 10% of women in the study lost weight between pregnancies, which is not surprising given the new constraints and responsibilities that come with a newborn.
Having a baby causes a host of changes to a parent life and lifestyle that may influence its eating habits, exercise habits and reconciling work and family, Truls Ostbye, M.D., Professor at Duke University Medical Center, Durham North Carolina, explains, that obesity postpartum studies but was not involved in current research.
"Many of these changes made it difficult to return to a weight health," he said. "But the period can also be seen as an opportunity for positive change." [It] may be the mother - and the rest of the family - can focus on a healthy lifestyle and define the new baby on a trajectory healthy life. ?
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Pregnant women should regularly walk (with or without a stroller), keep snacks to a minimum and avoid bicarbonate of soda and other sugary drinks, Ostbye, said. Breastfeeding may also make it easier for women to pregnancy books.
Women who breastfeed their babies for at least six months are more likely to achieve a healthy weight after pregnancy adds Ostbye. Ehrlich and his colleagues are studying a weight loss program, which includes coaching sessions, designed specifically to help women with infants and eating of telephone weekly well exercise.
"We believe that something which is based on the phone or a Web site would be easier for new moms to do than to have to go somewhere, have classes," she said.Copyright Health Magazine 2010
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