Increasing Prevalence of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

Abstract

Recent data show that gestational di- abetes mellitus (GDM) prevalence has increased by 10 –100% in several race/ethnicity groups during the past 20 years. A true increase in the prev- alence of GDM, aside from its adverse consequences for infants in the newborn period, might also reflect or contribute to the current patterns of increasing diabetes and obesity, especially in the offspring. Therefore, the public health aspects of in- creasing GDM need more attention. .