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Telephone coaching helped pregnant women with overweight or obesity manage gestational weight gain

Telephone coaching helped pregnant women with overweight or obesity manage gestational weight gain

May 20, 2020

Pregnant women with overweight or obesity better controlled their weight gain and improved health behaviors when they received a series of telephone sessions with a registered dietician, a new study from Kaiser Permanente finds.
Pacific Islanders, South Asians and Filipinos Have Higher Rates of Diabetes Than All Other Ethnic Groups

Pacific Islanders, South Asians and Filipinos Have Higher Rates of Diabetes Than All Other Ethnic Groups

November 13, 2012

Rates of diagnosed diabetes are much higher among some Asian subgroups than is apparent when aggregating all Asians as a...
Electronic Health Records Aid in Diabetes Care

Electronic Health Records Aid in Diabetes Care

November 13, 2012

DOR researchers found that the use of electronic health records at 17 Northern California medical centers was associated with significant...
Depression Increases Risk of Dementia in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Depression Increases Risk of Dementia in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

December 21, 2011

Depression in patients with diabetes is associated with a substantively increased risk of development of dementia compared to those with...
Cycling for health: Division staffer on diabetes study founds East Bay group for African-American cyclists

Cycling for health: Division staffer on diabetes study founds East Bay group for African-American cyclists

August 12, 2011

Jenna Burton, a research associate for the Division of Research on a gestational diabetes study, founded a bicycling group for...
Recently published: Three studies advance gestational diabetes research

Recently published: Three studies advance gestational diabetes research

June 27, 2011

Researchers at the Division of Research have conducted recently published observational research that underscores the importance of reducing the risk...
Newly funded: Research to help new moms with gestational diabetes gets start with $8.5M grant

Newly funded: Research to help new moms with gestational diabetes gets start with $8.5M grant

January 23, 2011

A wanted pregnancy is among life’s most joyful events. But for about 7 percent of expectant mothers in the United...
Gestational diabetes: Integrated care improves study consistency

Gestational diabetes: Integrated care improves study consistency

January 22, 2011

Kaiser Permanente’s integrated care model helps researchers in this study. Pre-pregnancy, during-pregnancy and after-pregnancy care are all received by participants...
Gestational diabetes: Comparing treatment options

Gestational diabetes: Comparing treatment options

January 22, 2011

Comparative effectiveness research is a big term for a simple idea. How do health care providers like Kaiser Permanente decide...
Gestational diabetes: Can affect a baby’s genes

Gestational diabetes: Can affect a baby’s genes

January 22, 2011

For the vast majority of women with gestational diabetes, good pre- and postnatal health care, including watching diet and weight,...
Language barriers linked to worse diabetes control

Language barriers linked to worse diabetes control

January 21, 2011

When patients cannot talk with doctors about diabetes in their own language, even when interpreter services are available, poorer diabetes...

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