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Screening for gestational diabetes: examining a breakfast meal test

Published in: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Volume 29 , issue 3 , 2016 , pages: 118–121

DOI: 10.1080/16070658.2016.1198614

Author(s): C Marais Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, South Africa , L van Wyk Dietitian, South Africa , M Conradie Endocrine Division, Department of Medicine, South Africa , D Hall Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, South Africa

Keywords: gestational diabetes , meal test , screening

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Abstract

Objective: This study was performed to analyse the carbohydrate quantity of the non-standardised breakfast meal test consumed as part of a screening test for gestational diabetes.

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