Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Dietary fat and gestational hyperglycaemia.

S Bo1, G Menato, A Lezo

  • 1Department of Internal Medicine, University of Turin, Italy.

Diabetologia
|August 3, 2001
PubMed
Summary

Dietary fat intake, particularly saturated fat, is linked to gestational diabetes in Caucasian women. Lifestyle changes, especially reducing saturated fat, may prevent glucose abnormalities during pregnancy, even in women without traditional risk factors.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Kinematic Outcomes of Early-Stage Passive Rehabilitation in Subject Undergoing Knee Arthroplasty.

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference·2025
Same author

Integrative multi-omics reveals a regulatory and exhausted T-cell landscape in CLL and identifies galectin-9 as an immunotherapy target.

Nature communications·2025
Same author

Optimized synthesis and characterization of highly reproducible carbon dots for bioimaging applications.

Colloids and surfaces. B, Biointerfaces·2025
Same author

Intractable diarrhea in infancy and molecular analysis: We are beyond the tip of the iceberg.

Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver·2023
Same author

Search for Subsolar-Mass Binaries in the First Half of Advanced LIGO's and Advanced Virgo's Third Observing Run.

Physical review letters·2022
Same author

Teduglutide in pediatric intestinal failure: A position statement of the Italian society of pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition (SIGENP).

Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver·2022

Area of Science:

  • Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Endocrinology
  • Nutritional Science

Background:

  • Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) affects maternal and infant health.
  • Conventional risk factors for GDM include advanced maternal age, obesity, and family history of diabetes.
  • Lifestyle factors like diet and exercise may also influence GDM development.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between lifestyle habits and glucose abnormalities in Caucasian women.
  • To determine if this relationship differs between women with and without conventional GDM risk factors.

Main Methods:

  • A cross-sectional study involving 126 pregnant women with GDM, 84 with impaired glucose tolerance, and 294 with normal glucose tolerance.
  • Data collected through interviews on dietary patterns, exercise, smoking, and alcohol intake.

Related Experiment Videos

  • Statistical analysis using multiple logistic regression to identify associated factors.

    • Main Results:

    • Women with glucose abnormalities were older, shorter, had higher pre-pregnancy BMI, a greater prevalence of diabetic relatives, and higher saturated fat intake.
    • In women without conventional risk factors, higher saturated fat intake (OR=2.0) and lower polyunsaturated fat intake (OR=0.85) were associated with gestational hyperglycemia.
    • Age, short stature, family history of diabetes, BMI, and saturated fat percentage were associated with glucose abnormalities in all women.

    Conclusions:

    • Saturated fat intake plays an independent role in the development of gestational glucose abnormalities.
    • The impact of saturated fat on GDM risk is more pronounced in women lacking conventional risk factors.
    • Dietary modifications, particularly reducing saturated fat, may offer a preventive strategy for GDM in certain populations.