Childhood diet linked to high blood sugar in pregnancy

A long study in India found that high blood sugar during pregnancy is often linked to poor diet and undernutrition in childhood.

The study followed mothers and their children for many years and discovered that women who had poor nutrition as children were more likely to have high blood sugar when they became pregnant.

This high blood sugar can then affect their children, making them more likely to have diabetes later in life.

The study suggests that improving the health of young girls can help reduce the risk of diabetes in future generations.

It also shows that current methods for diagnosing and managing high blood sugar during pregnancy may not be effective for everyone, especially in India, where babies are often smaller than in Western countries.