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After gestational diabetes goes away, what is true about the future?

The chance of type 2 diabetes later in life is higher, so keep up with testing.

  1. Diabetes can never come back
  2. It only affects the next pregnancy
  3. The risk of type 2 later is higher ✔

Why: Having had gestational diabetes raises the chance of developing type 2 later. Regular testing helps catch it early, and lifestyle programs can lower the risk.

Huh, didn't know that: ADA says the National Diabetes Prevention Program is proven to lower the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 58%.

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Sources

  1. NIDDK, Symptoms and Causes of Diabetes https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/diabetes/overview/symptoms-causes
  2. ADA, Gestational Diabetes https://diabetes.org/living-with-diabetes/pregnancy/gestational-diabetes

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