Nutrition and Diet in Maternal Diabetes

Part I: Definitions, Characterization and Diagnosis.- Global Estimates of Hyperglycaemia in Pregnancy: Determinants and Trends.- Diagnosis of Gestational Diabetes.- Evaluation of Glycemic Control Indexes During Pregnancy: The Role of HbAlc, Glycated Albumin, and Fructosamine.- Mental Health and Diabetes During Pregnancy: Is is Chicken or Egg?.- Part II: The Type I Diabetic Mother.- Maternal Overweight and Obesity in Pregnancies Complicated by Type 1 Diabetes.- Glycemic Control and Insulin in Type 1 Diabetic Pregnancies.- Part III: Global Findings in Gestational Diabetes.- Maternal Diabetes in Pregnancy: Iran Perspectives.- 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and its Impact on Pregnancy Outcomes and Gestational Diabetes in China.- Diagnosis of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Italian Perspectives on Risk Factor Based Screening.- Part IV: Genetic and Molecular Factors Associated with Maternal Gestational Diabetes.- Metabolic Fingerprints of Gestational Mellitus.- Genetic and Epidemiological Indications for Adiponectin Gene Dysregulation in Gestational Mellitus.- The Retinol Binding Protein-4 (RBP4) Gene and Gestational Diabetes.- Biomarkers of Metabolic and Cardiovascular Risk in Gestational Diabetes.- Fish Oil and Cardiac Akt/mTOR-mediated Insulin Resistance in Infants with Maternal Diabetes.- Part V: Pre-existing Conditions and Gestational Diabetes Risk.- Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy in Gestational Diabetes.- Links between Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Gestational Diabetes.- Bariatric Surgery and its Impact on Gestational Diabetes.- Part VI: Dietary Interventions and Exercise.- Myo-inositol Supplementation in Gestational Diabetes.- Treatments with Low Glycaemic Index Diets in Gestational Diabetes.- Low-carbohydrate Diet for the Treatment of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.- Using the Good Metabolome to Understand the Relationship between Maternal Diet and Gestational Diabetes.- Probiotics in the Prevention of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.- The Role of Exercise in the

Rajkumar Rajendram, AKC, BSc (Hons), MBBS (Dist), MRCP (UK), FRCA, EDIC, FFICMKing's College LondonDepartment of Nutrition and DieteticsNutritional Sciences DivisionSchool of Biomedical & Health SciencesLondon, UK Victor R. Preedy, BSc, PhD, DScKing's College LondonDepartment of Nutrition and DieteticsNutritional Sciences DivisionSchool of Biomedical & Health SciencesLondon, UK Vinood B. Patel, BSc, PhDUniversity of WestminsterFaculty of Science & TechnologyDepartment of Biomedical SciencesLondon, UK

"Part of the Nutrition and Health series, this book highlights the diagnosis, treatment, and management of diabetes in women during pregnancy. ... The book is meant for healthcare providers who work with women with diabetes, those of childbearing potential, or at risk for gestational diabetes. This is an up-to-date resource for this population." (Amy Hess Fischl, Doody's Book Reviews, December, 2017)