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gestational diabetes  

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  • Gestational diabetes mellitus is a type of diabetes commonly seen only during pregnancy in overweight/obese women. Women older than age 25 with a family history of diabetes are more likely to develop gestational diabetes. [Source: Encyclopedia of Obesity; Gestational Diabetes]

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