Which of the Following Is NOT Associated with Gestational Diabetes

question 53

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT associated with gestational diabetes?

• A) increased risk of giving birth to a low-birth-weight infant
• B) increased maternal risk of developing type 2 diabetes
• C) increased risk to offspring of developing metabolic disorders later in life
• D) increased risk to offspring of developing overweight later in life

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Definitions:

Exosystems

A layer in Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory referring to settings that indirectly influence an individual, such as parents' workplaces.

Macrosystems

The broadest context in ecological systems theory, encompassing societal norms, values, and laws that influence an individual's development.

Nuclear Families

Families consisting of parents (including single parents) and their children.

Extended Families

Families in which not only parents and their children but other kin—grandparents, cousins, nieces and nephews, or more distant family relations—share a household.