Gestational diabetes: Singapore is 40% worse than international average.
Singapore has one of the highest gestational diabetes rates in the world, with one in five births affected by it. In comparison, the International Diabetes Federation estimates that one in seven births worldwide is affected by the condition.
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War on diabetes: An inside look
More mums-to-be diagnosed with gestational diabetes
Singapore has one of the highest gestational diabetes rates in the world, with one in five births affected by it. In comparison, the International Diabetes Federation estimates that one in seven births worldwide is affected by the condition.
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PUBLISHED: JUL 31, 2018, 5:00 AM SGT
Two-thirds of women with condition go on to develop diabetes, says KKH consultant
Joyce Teo
More expectant mothers at KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH) have been diagnosed with gestational diabetes ever since screening of the disease was made available there for all pregnant women from the start of 2016.
"Our recent data has shown that up to 50 per cent more pregnant women are diagnosed with gestational diabetes," Professor Tan Kok Hian, the he...
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/more-mums-to-be-diagnosed-with-gestational-diabetes
Singapore has one of the highest gestational diabetes rates in the world, with one in five births affected by it. In comparison, the International Diabetes Federation estimates that one in seven births worldwide is affected by the condition.
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War on diabetes: An inside look
More mums-to-be diagnosed with gestational diabetes
Singapore has one of the highest gestational diabetes rates in the world, with one in five births affected by it. In comparison, the International Diabetes Federation estimates that one in seven births worldwide is affected by the condition.
ST FILE PHOTO
PUBLISHED: JUL 31, 2018, 5:00 AM SGT
Two-thirds of women with condition go on to develop diabetes, says KKH consultant
Joyce Teo
More expectant mothers at KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH) have been diagnosed with gestational diabetes ever since screening of the disease was made available there for all pregnant women from the start of 2016.
"Our recent data has shown that up to 50 per cent more pregnant women are diagnosed with gestational diabetes," Professor Tan Kok Hian, the he...
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/more-mums-to-be-diagnosed-with-gestational-diabetes