Endocrine Abstracts

Background: According to several previous studies, breastfeeding offers mothers an opportunity to lose weight and improve their metabolic profiles. The aim of the present study was to investigate weight variation in a population of postpartum diabetic women.Methods: We conducted a prospective descriptive study in pregnant women treated for pregestational diabetes and followed at the Department of Nutritional Diseases «D» of the National Institu...

Background: Breastfeeding offers short- and long-term health benefits to mothers and their infants. In the literature, many studies suggest that diabetic women breastfed their babies less than non-diabetic women. The aim of our study was to determine the breastfeeding rates in a group of diabetic women.Methods: It was a prospective descriptive study conducted in pregnant women followed for pregestational diabetes at the Department of Nutritional Diseases...

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease. Long-standing diabetes increases the prevalence of degenerative complications. The aim of our study was to determine the clinical and biological characteristics of a population of type 2 diabetic patients whose diabetes had been evolving for more than 10 years.Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study about 100 type 2 diabetic patients hospitalized in the national institute of nutrition of...