Long-Term Effects of Maternal Diabetes and Obesity on the Offspring
A special issue of Children (ISSN 2227-9067). This special issue belongs to the section "Global and Public Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2021) | Viewed by 3880
Special Issue Editors
Interests: newborns' infectious diseases; extrauterine growth restriction; newborns of diabetic mothers; neonatal hyperinsulinism and hypoglycemia
Interests: Gestational diabetes; newborns of diabetic mothers
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The incidence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and overt diabetes in pregnancy is rising globally. The newborns of diabetic mothers are at risk of a number of different complications, such as respiratory distress, perinatal injuries, hypoglycaemia, and electrolyte disturbances. Diabetes in pregnancy is also associated with negative long-term health outcomes for both mothers and offspring. The children tend to be overweight or obese, and they present with glucose intolerance or diabetes. Maternal overweight is an additional important factor that leads to such disturbances. There is some evidence suggesting that the association between maternal diabetes and obesity and adverse metabolic profile in offspring becomes more significant with increasing offspring age and that it is more pronounced in female offspring than in male offspring.
The goal of this Special Issue of Children is to provide an overview of recent advances in the field of the long-term effects of maternal diabetes and obesity on offspring. Therefore, researchers in the field of neonatology, paediatrics and maternal diabetes are encouraged to submit an original article or review to this Special Issue.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Katarzyna Wroblewska-Seniuk
Prof. Agnieszka Zawiejska
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- pregestational diabetes mellitus
- gestational diabetes mellitus
- diabetes in pregnancy
- long-term consequences
- overweight
- obesity
- glucose intolerance
- children