A group-based healthy lifestyle program for women with previous gestational diabetes

Authors

N Wah Cheung, Western Clinical School, Westmead HospitalFollow
Ben J. Smith, School of Public Health, University of SydneyFollow
Helle Henriksen, Sydney West Area Health ServiceFollow
Linda C. Tapsell, University of WollongongFollow
Mark McLean, Westmead Hospital and University of SydneyFollow
Adrian Bauman, University of Sydney

RIS ID

20436

Publication Details

Cheung, N. Wah., Smith, B. J., Henriksen, H., Tapsell, L. C., McLean, M. & Bauman, A. (2007). A group-based healthy lifestyle program for women with previous gestational diabetes. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 77 (2), 333-334.

Abstract

With the rapidly rising worldwide burden of Type 2 diabetes (T2DM), preventative strategies are increasingly being considered, and intervention studies have targeted high risk groups, in particular those with impaired glucose tolerance [1] and [2]. Women who have had gestational diabetes (GDM) are another high risk group for whom similar preventative measures may be effective. It has been estimated that up to one-third of women with T2DM may have had earlier GDM [3]. Therefore, if we routinely introduce women who have had GDM to diabetes prevention programs, we may be able to influence the population prevalence of diabetes.