Study links child obesity at age 9-11 years to gestational diabetes in mother

(Diabetologia) New research published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes) shows an increased risk of childhood obesity at age 9-11 years when the mother has had gestational diabetes during pregnancy. The study is by Dr. Gang Hu, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, La., USA, and colleagues.