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Williams Obstetrics, 23e
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Chapter 52. Diabetes
Sections: Diabetes: Introduction, Classification, Diagnosis of Diabetes during Pregnancy, Gestational Diabetes, Pregestational Diabetes, Contraception, References.
Topics Discussed: diabetes mellitus; diabetes, during pregnancy.
Excerpt:"The prevalence of diagnosed diabetes among American adults has increased by 40 percent in 10 years and rose from 4.9 percent in 1990 to 6.9 percent in 1999 (Narayon and colleagues, 2003). More worryingly, it is estimated that this incidence will increase another 165 percent by 2050. To put this into perspective, the lifetime risk of diabetes in individuals born in 2000 is 33 percent for males and 39 percent for females! This increase primarily is due to type 2 diabetes, which is also referred to as diabesity. As discussed in Chapter 43, this term reflects the strong relationship of diabetes with the current epidemic of obesity in the United States and other countries (Gale, 2003; Mokdad and associates, 2003)...."
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