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Postpartum lifestyle interventions among women with a history of GDM have shown reduced incidence of diabetes.
Postpartum care should include lifestyle interventions to lower diabetes risk in women with GDM history.
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Trials testing the effects of postpartum lifestyle interventions among women with a history of GDM have shown reduced incidence of diabetes.
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Windows of Opportunity for Lifestyle Interventions to Prevent Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
Suzanne Phelan · American Journal of Perinatology · 2016
DOI 10.1055/s-0036-1586504
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