Nutrition Through The Life Cycle
Nutrition Through The Life Cycle
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ISBN: 9781337919333
Author: Brown, Judith E.
Publisher: Cengage Learning,
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Chapter 5, Problem 2.2CS
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To determine: Whether Person E is resistant to insulin or not.

Introduction: Gestational diabetes is an abnormality characterized by an increase in the blood glucose level during pregnancy. It is more likely to develop in women after 35 year-old and who is obese. Various other factors like lack of physical activity, unhealthy diet, and polycystic ovarian syndrome or previous history of the disease in earlier pregnancies/ family history are also found in cases as the leading cause of the disease.

The diagnosis of the disease is based on the estimation of glucose level in the blood as recommended by the American Diabetes Association and its management basically involves maintaining a healthy lifestyle with the aim of reducing the blood glucose.

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