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" The number of teenage and adult women with pre-pregnancy diabetes has more than doubled in the space of six years, scientists have found. A study published in the journal Diabetes Care examined pre-pregnancy type-1 and type-2 diabetes in 175,249 females who gave birth between 1999 and 2005. The Kaiser Permanente researchers found that there were twice as many births to women with diabetes in 2005 as there were in 1999, with increases in pre-pregnancy diabetes in all age, racial and ethnic groups. Lead author Dr Jean Lawrence, a research scientist at Kaiser Permanente&amp;#039;s department of research &amp;amp;amp; evaluation, commented: &amp;#039;More young women are entering their reproductive years with diabetes, in part due to the fact that our society has become more overweight and obese.&amp;#039; Dr Lawrence continued: &amp;#039;My advice to women who have type-1 or type-2 diabetes and are thinking about becoming pregnant is: work with your healthcare professional to get your blood sugar in good control.&amp;#039; The expert added that women who develop diabetes during the pregnancy itself - gestational diabetes - should get their blood sugar level checked following the birth to ensure it returns to normal. \u00A9 Adfero Ltd "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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