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Clare Collins, Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle

Had gestational diabetes? Here are 5 things to help lower your future risk of type 2 diabetes

For women who have had gestational diabetes, maintaining a healthy diet can help lower the risk of developing type 2 diabetes later on. From shutterstock.com

Gestational diabetes is a specific type of diabetes that occurs in pregnancy.

Once you’ve had gestational diabetes, your risk of having it again in your next pregnancy is higher. So too is your lifetime chance of developing type 2 diabetes and heart disease.

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