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The researchers say the rise is likely related to worsening health in young people who are eating less healthfully and getting less exercise.
In pregnancy, certain hormones can lead to a rise in blood sugar, causing gestational diabetes, which poses risks to the mother and child if it's not managed.
While this type of diabetes usually resolves after giving birth, it has been linked with developing diabetes and cardiovascular problems later in life.
Around 8 percent of pregnant women in the U.S.
It's a health problem that's risen consistently over the past 10 years.
That's according to an analysis of more than 12 million births led by scientists at Northwestern University and published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine.
The researchers say the rise is likely related to worsening health in young people who are eating less healthfully and getting less exercise.
In pregnancy, certain hormones can lead to a rise in blood sugar, causing gestational diabetes, which poses risks to the mother and child if it's not managed.
While this type of diabetes usually resolves after giving birth, it has been linked with developing diabetes and cardiovascular problems later in life.
Around 8 percent of pregnant women in the U.S.
It's a health problem that's risen consistently over the past 10 years.
That's according to an analysis of more than 12 million births led by scientists at Northwestern University and published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine.
The researchers say the rise is likely related to worsening health in young people.
who are eating less healthfully and getting less exercise.
In pregnancy, certain hormones can lead to a rise in blood sugar, causing gestational diabetes, which poses risks to the mother and child if it's not managed.
While this type of diabetes usually resolves after giving birth, it has been linked with developing diabetes and cardiovascular problems later in life.