Better Nutrition for Gestational Diabetes Prevention

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Better Nutrition for Gestational Diabetes Prevention

Gestational diabetes leads to many maternal and infant complications. Improved maternal nutrition before and during pregnancy prevents gestational diabetes and thereby avoids all its complications.

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