Maternal weight, glucose tolerance affect Mexican-American newborns

“Mothers’ blood sugar levels and weight gain during pregnancy””as well as their weight before pregnancy””may predict their infants’ unhealthy birth weights, according to research conducted by a team of University of Michigan researchers and Detroit health care providers.

In this two-year study, U-M researchers analyzed medical record data, measured weights, social characteristics and studied the results of the blood screening test for gestational diabetes conducted during pregnancy for 1,041 Latino mother-infant pairs. The women, most of whom were of Mexican ancestry, received prenatal care at Community Health and Social Services, Inc. (CHASS)””a community health center in southwest Detroit””and gave birth at the Henry Ford Hospital.”

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