Does exposure to hyperglycaemia in utero increase the risk of obesity and diabetes in the offspring? A critical reappraisal

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 295-304

  Donovan, L E ^a   Cundy, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; FETUS GROWTH; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MACROSOMIA; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; MATERNAL OBESITY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROGENY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHILD; COMPLICATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; MATERNAL WELFARE; PREGNANCY;

GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MATERNAL HEALTH; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84922562714     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dme.12625     Document Type: Review

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