Gestational diabetes management: Role of diet and exercise [Gestasyonel di·yabeti·n yöneti·mi·: Di·yet ve egzersi·zi·n rolü derleme]

Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM); is defined as glucose tolerence disorder appeared first time or noticed in pregnancy. GDM is observed in 3-5% of all pregnancies. While consider with complicate gestational diabetes of 135000 pregnancies in world, this is predicted as 15000-75000 pregnancies in Turkey. It is occured that importance of arrangement as quality and quantity of nutrition on diabetic pregnancies when considered fasting ketosis, postprandial hiperglisemi and obesity on diabetic pregnant. Exercise is a factor on continuation and protect of glucose control. It is found that exercise glucose tolerance increase, insulin requirement decrease. Nurses are professionals who have importance place on subjects definition of women who under risk for diabetes, nutrition counselling, apply adaptation to given exercise programme of pregnant and encourage preventive strategies for progress or advance of diabetes.