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...overweight children than women at the low end of normal (with blood-sugar levels between 43 mg/dl and 94 mg/dl), and 28% more likely to bear children who become obese. "Even in what's considered normal, in the highest quartile there was an elevation in risk," says Dr. Teresa Hillier, a CHR endocrinologist and senior investigator and lead author of the study. "You could argue, should we consider lowering the criteria? One forty [mg/dl] is the typical cutoff [for diabetes]. Some ppl have argued that it should...
Previous studies, mostly in the Pima Indian population, have shown a link between a mother's diabetes and obesity in her children. Hillier's study is the first, however, to suggest that treatment of the disease eliminates risk. In her analysis, Hillier found that children born to women with the highest levels of blood sugar were no likelier than other kids to become heavy if their mothers had been treated for diabetes during pregnancy...
...become metabolically imprinted, or pre-programmed, for obesity by being overfed in the womb - a direct result of the mother's high blood sugar. "As we have more people with diabetes and gestational diabetes during pregnancy I think the importance of additional risk factors for obesity increases," says Hillier. "And if there is an alteration going on to program the child for obesity I think that starts a vicious cycle for obesity...
Women typically get screened for hyperglycemia at weeks 24 to 28 of their pregnancy, but the test is not universally given. Hillier encourages mothers-to-be to talk to their doctors about diabetes risk, insist on getting screened and, most importantly, to work out a treatment plan if necessary. "In sticking with treatment, women not only improve their outcome during pregnancy, but also in the long term for their child," she says...
...three years ago before I joined the army, I never thought I'd say, 'That damn marijuana.'" GENERAL RICK HILLIER, chief of the Canadian defense staff, quoting a Canadian soldier's comments to him on Afghanistan's wild cannabis forests, which are difficult to eradicate and also provide cover for insurgent Taliban fighters...