Gestational Diabetes
Information for women who have gestational diabetes to help them manage their health during and following pregnancy.
Classification: HP (Health Professional)
Advice requires some explanation from a Health Professional who has basic nutrition knowledge to enable correct implementation.
Credit:
18
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- To encourage and promote self-management of diabetes.
- To optimise diabetes control.
- Promote general health and wellbeing.
The Target Group will:
- Know what gestational diabetes is
- Be able to identify carbohydrates and monitor intake appropriately to manage blood glucose control.
- Understand how to make choices for a healthy diet through regular meals and snacks.
- Understand how to safely include physical activity into their daily routine.
- Know that they are at an increased risk of developing Type 2 DM and what action to take to minimise this risk following pregnancy.
- Evidence-based nutrition guidelines for the prevention and management of diabetes, Diabetes UK, 2018
- NICE, Diabetes in pregnancy- management from preconception to the postnatal period/ Gestational Diabetes (https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng3/chapter/1-Recommendations#gestational-diabetes-2)
- NICE, Type 2 diabetes in adults: management (NG28), 2015 (updated 2019)
- A Healthier Future: type 2 Diabetes prevention, early detection and intervention: framework, The Scottish Government, Edinburgh 2018
- UK Chief Medical Officers' Physical Activity Guidelines, Department of Health, 2019
- BDA Low Carbohydrate Diets for the Management of Type 2 Diabetes in Adults (2018)
- SIGN 116, Management of diabetes, A national clinical guideline 2010 (updated 2017)
Related Resources
How Do I Watch My Weight During Pregnancy
Credits:
25
- Classification: DT
- NDR-UK ref: 9362E
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