Big first trimester weight gain ups diabetes risk

Women who gain weight too quickly during the first three months of Pregnancy are more prone to develop Pregnancy-related diabetes, new research shows.

“We found the association was stronger among women who were overweight at the start of Pregnancy,” Dr. Monique M. Hedderson of Kaiser Permanente Medical Group in Oakland, California, noted in an email to Reuters Health.

This study, she added, suggests that weight gain in early Pregnancy may be a modifiable risk factor for Pregnancy-related, or “gestational,” diabetes. 

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