Gestational Diabetes: Prevention

There’s no surefire way ensure the prevention of gestational diabetes, but preconception planning may help facilitate prevention by reducing some of the risk factors associated with gestational diabetes, such as excess weight.

Strategies that are known to improve insulin resistance and that may make a difference in developing gestational diabetes include:

• Maintaining a healthy weight
• Staying active
• Eating right

If you’re planning a pregnancy, talk to your doctor about your gestational diabetes risk and how to lower it.

Reviewed by Francine Kaufman, MD. 4/08