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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Landmark Pune study on diabetes begins testing the third generation -Anuradha Mascarenhas

Landmark Pune study on diabetes begins testing the third generation -Anuradha Mascarenhas

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published Published on Feb 21, 2018   modified Modified on Feb 21, 2018
-The Indian Express

Thin Indian babies ‘fatter’ than European babies, greater risk of diabetes: Data

Pune:
At 28 weeks of pregnancy, Surekha Patil (name changed) from Pabal village in Shirur tehsil of Pune district knows she has to report to the Diabetes Research Centre at KEM hospital in Pune on Tuesday for a glucose tolerance test and a gynaecological evaluation.

This is no routine check for 22-year-old Surekha. She has been monitored since birth as part of an ambitious Pune Maternal Nutrition Study that has spanned three generations of participants in the last 25 years. Surekha is accompanied by her mother who is among the first generation of participants in the study that was launched in 1993.

Research by Chittaranjan Yajnik, head of the Diabetes Research Centre at KEM hospital, showed that mothers with low Vitamin B12 and excess folate levels (level of folic acid) predispose their babies to adiposity and insulin resistance that are key risk factors for diabetes.

That landmark research helped in explaining why diabetes was so widely prevalent in India, even among malnourished populations, when, globally, the disease was very commonly associated with obesity.

“We showed that the ‘small and thin’ Indian babies were ‘fatter’ than the Europid babies and the risk of future diabetes was present at birth itself. Evidence also showed that the role of maternal micronutrient nutrition for the baby’s growth was crucial,” Yajnik told The Indian Express.

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The Indian Express, 21 February, 2018, http://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/health/landmark-pune-study-on-diabetes-begins-testing-the-third-generation-5072061/


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