Pregnant women with lack of sleep at higher risk of gestational diabetes

Published: 10 Jan 2017

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Pregnant women who sleep less than six hours a night are twice as likely to get gestational diabetes (GDM) compared to those who sleep seven to eight hours, the latest findings from the GUSTO (Growing Up in Singapore Towards Healthy Outcomes) study show. While GDM disappears when the baby is born, the problems do not, as one in 10 women who had GDM becomes diabetic within five years of giving birth, while three in four of their babies will also be severely obese or diabetic later in life.

The GUSTO study, which is Singapore’s largest birth cohort study, recruited 1,247 patients at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) and the National University Hospital (NUH) between June 2009 and September 2010. The 1,176 babies born, and their mothers are still being tracked for various health conditions.

Read more at NUS Highlights.

News Coverage

• Capital 95.8FM, 9 January 2017
• Oli 96.8FM, 9 January 2017
• The Straits Times, 10 January 2017, Home, B2