Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Obese pregnant women are to be given a drug to reduce the risk of obesity in their children as part of an NHS trial.
Overweight women supply too much food to a growing baby which can lead to health problems for mother and child.
UK doctors want to try to control this with metformin, which is used to treat diabetes.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13333175
Overweight women supply too much food to a growing baby which can lead to health problems for mother and child.
UK doctors want to try to control this with metformin, which is used to treat diabetes.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13333175