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Researchers from Manchester have begun a new study to determine whether blood sugar levels during pregnancy, lower than the level used to diagnose gestational diabetes, influences later levels of body fat in children and development of diabetes in mothers after giving birth.
The team from The University of Manchester and Central Manchester NHS Foundation Trust are trying to trace mothers and children who took part in an earlier research project 12 years ago.
The original study, the Hyperglycemia and Pregnancy Outcomes (HAPO), looked at 2400 mothers from Manchester who were part of 23,316 mother-child pairs worldwide. They found that a mother's blood sugar levels, even short of diabetes, were associated with how heavy or fat her baby was.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131216142306.htm
The team from The University of Manchester and Central Manchester NHS Foundation Trust are trying to trace mothers and children who took part in an earlier research project 12 years ago.
The original study, the Hyperglycemia and Pregnancy Outcomes (HAPO), looked at 2400 mothers from Manchester who were part of 23,316 mother-child pairs worldwide. They found that a mother's blood sugar levels, even short of diabetes, were associated with how heavy or fat her baby was.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131216142306.htm