Date of Award
2018
Document Type
Open Access Thesis
Degree Name
MS in Physician Assistant Studies (PA)
Department
Physician Assistant Studies
First Advisor
Meredith Wold
Abstract
Body weight, glucose, insulin, and leptin were studied in children of mothers with gestational diabetes, type 1 or type 2 diabetes. Breast milk of diabetic mothers was also analyzed to study its relationship to childhood obesity. In the first 2 years of life, infants of mothers with gestational diabetes have no significant difference in weight gain but by the age of 10, most of the children birthed by any diabetic mothers were either overweight or obese. Children of mothers diagnosed with diabetes mellitus type 2 have higher resistance to insulin than children of mothers with other diabetes types. Leptin was observed to be negatively correlated with insulin level in utero. Hyperinsulinemia was correlated with low leptin level in the fetal side of the placenta. Lastly, milk of mothers with diabetes was found to have higher glucose, insulin, and energy content than control group. By the age of 2, a significant number of breastfed children whose mothers had diabetes were either overweight or obese.
Identifier
SC11.PAS.2018.Pho.C
Recommended Citation
Pho, Chhorn, "Are children of a diabetic mother in comparison to children of a nondiabetic mother at an increased risk for developing obesity in the first 10 years of life?" (2018). Theses and Graduate Projects. 319.
https://idun.augsburg.edu/etd/319