ReviewCurrent diabetes reports2013
Carbohydrates, glycemic index, and pregnancy outcomes in gestational diabetes.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.
- Physical activity during pregnancy and the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of Low Glycemic Index Diets on Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Clinical Trials.Medicine · 2016Pooled it
- Intensive low-glycaemic-load dietary intervention for the management of glycaemia and serum lipids among women with gestational diabetes: a randomized control trial.Public health nutrition · 2015Trial
- Developing a complex intervention for diet and activity behaviour change in obese pregnant women (the UPBEAT trial); assessment of behavioural change and process evaluation in a pilot randomised controlled trial.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2013Trial
- Association of Glycemic Index, Glycemic Load, and Carbohydrate Intake with Antral Follicle Counts Among Subfertile Females.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Low-Protein Infant Formula and Obesity Risk.Nutrients · 2022Review
- Associations of dietary glycemic index and load during pregnancy with blood pressure, placental hemodynamic parameters and the risk of gestational hypertensive disorders.European journal of nutrition · 2022Article
- Associations of maternal early-pregnancy dietary glycemic index with childhood general, abdominal and ectopic fat accumulation.Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland) · 2021Article
- Impact of dietary counseling on the perception of diet in patients with gestational diabetes mellitus.Diabetology international · 2021Article
- Maternal early pregnancy dietary glycemic index and load, fetal growth, and the risk of adverse birth outcomes.European journal of nutrition · 2021Article
- Nutrition for Gestational Diabetes-Progress and Potential.Nutrients · 2020Article
- Current Concepts of Maternal Nutrition.Obstetrical & gynecological survey · 2016Review
- Role of Medical Nutrition Therapy in the Management of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.Current diabetes reports · 2016Review
- Early pregnancy urinary biomarkers of fatty acid and carbohydrate metabolism in pregnancies complicated by gestational diabetes.Diabetes research and clinical practice · 2014Article
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Abstract
This review critically evaluates the current evidence regarding the effect of the dietary glycemic index (GI) on pregnancy outcomes in gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Current evidence, although limited, consistently supports the advantages of, and has demonstrated no disadvantages of, a low-GI diet. We conclude that pregnant women with GDM are likely to benefit from following a low-GI meal pattern, with no significant side effects, and consideration of the GI should be given when formulating a diet for GDM. However, until larger scale intervention trials are completed, an exclusive low-GI diet should not replace the current recommended diets for GDM from relevant government and health agencies. Further studies that intervene at an earlier stage of pregnancy are required.
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