What Is Gestational Diabetes

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Multiple Choice

What is gestational diabetes?

• A)A severe form of type 1 diabetes in newborns
• B)Abnormal blood glucose maintenance during pregnancy
• C)Reactive hypoglycemia expressed during the third trimester of pregnancy
• D)A temporary loss of insulin secretion during the first trimester of pregnancy

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Definitions:

Plants

Plants are multicellular organisms in the kingdom Plantae that use photosynthesis to convert light energy into chemical energy, which fuels their activities and growth.

Starch

Coiled polysaccharide of glucose monomers. Principal form of stored sugars in plants.

Fatty Acid

Organic compound that consists of an acidic carboxyl group “head” and a long hydrocarbon “tail.” Can be saturated or unsaturated.

Hydrophilic

Describes a substance that dissolves easily in water.