SynthesisNutrients2020
How Can Maternal Lifestyle Interventions Modify the Effects of Gestational Diabetes in the Neonate and the Offspring? A Systematic Review of Meta-Analyses.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 35 citations in OpenAlex.
- The effects of antenatal interventions on gestational weight gain in low and middle-income countries: a systematic review.BMJ global health · 2026Pooled it
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- The Impact of an Early Lifestyle Intervention on Pregnancy Outcomes in a Cohort of Insulin-Resistant Overweight and Obese Women.Nutrients · 2020Trial
- Review
- Research Progress of Risk Factors Associated with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.Endocrine, metabolic & immune disorders drug targets · 2025Review
- Impact of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus on Fetal Growth and Nutritional Status in Newborns.Nutrients · 2024Review
- Incidence and determinants of low birth weight in Peninsular Malaysia: A multicentre prospective cohort study.PloS one · 2024Article
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- The Role of Lifestyle Interventions in the Prevention and Treatment of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Review
- Lifestyle Interventions to Improve Pregnancy Outcomes: a Systematic Review and Specified Meta-Analyses.Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde · 2022Article
- Gestational Diabetes Mellitus-Recent Literature Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- COVID-19 and Gestational Diabetes: The Role of Nutrition and Pharmacological Intervention in Preventing Adverse Outcomes.Nutrients · 2022Review
- Effectiveness of Smartphone-Based Lifestyle Interventions on Women with Gestational Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Psychology research and behavior management · 2022Review
- TIMER: A Clinical Study of Energy Restriction in Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.Nutrients · 2021Article
- Nutrition for Gestational Diabetes-Progress and Potential.Nutrients · 2020Article
- Comparison of Machine Learning Methods and Conventional Logistic Regressions for Predicting Gestational Diabetes Using Routine Clinical Data: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Journal of diabetes research · 2020Article
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Gestational diabetes (GDM) has deleterious effects on the offspring. Maternal obesity and excessive gestational weight gain (GWG), often associated with diabetes, also contribute to these adverse outcomes.
objectivesTo assess the benefit for the offspring of maternal lifestyle interventions, including diets and physical activity, to prevent or to improve GDM and to limit excessive GWG.
methodSystematic review of meta-analyses published in English between December 2014 and November 2019.
resultsLifestyle interventions to reduce the risk of GDM reported a decreased risk of 15% to 40%, with a greater effect of exercise compared to diet. Combined lifestyle interventions specifically designed to limit GWG reduced GWG by 1.6 kg in overweight and obese women, and on average by 0.7 to 1 kg in all pregnant women. In these trials, adverse neonatal outcomes were poorly studied. Combined lifestyle interventions in women with GDM significantly reduced fetal growth. Altogether, lifestyle interventions reduced the risk of preterm birth and shoulder dystocia, but individually, diets or exercise alone had no effect on neonatal adverse outcomes.
conclusionSpecific maternal, neonatal and offspring benefits of lifestyle interventions during pregnancy to prevent or improve GDM control or to limit GWG still require clarification.
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