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This paper focuses on the disease of gestational diabetes, which affects only a very small percentage (approximately four percent) of all pregnant mothers. The paper explains that these mothers mainly are found among ethnic groups. Pregnancy-induced hypertension is found in about the same proportion of pregnant mothers as is gestational diabetes. Obesity and overweight are the key issues in gestational diabetes and pregnancy-induced hypertension The paper concludes that while low gestational weight gain is linked with perinatal mortality and small infants, excessive gestational weight gain is linked with large infants and macrosomia; gestational diabetes does not cause nearly the problems that other complications of pregnancy bring about, but it will cause difficulties for both mother and child.

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"Gestational diabetes affects only a very small percentage (approximately four percent) of all pregnant mothers. In addition, those mothers mainly are found among ethnic groups (American Diabetes Association, 2007). Pregnancy-induced hypertension is found in about the same proportion of pregnant mothers as is gestational diabetes. Obesity and overweight are the key issues in gestational diabetes and pregnancy-induced hypertension (Walling, 2006; Crowther & Hiller, 2005; Jones & Bercier, 2002; Villamor, ..."

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