PERCEPTIONS ON DIET AND DIETARY MODIFICATIONS DURING POSTPARTUM PERIOD AIMING AT ATTENUATING PROGRESSION OF GDM TO DM: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF MOTHERS AND HEALTH CARE WORKERS

Perceptions on Diet and Dietary Modifications during Postpartum Period Aiming at Attenuating Progression of GDM to DM: A Qualitative Study of Mothers and Health Care Workers

Background.Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a global concern.GDM mothers have a 7-fold relative risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in their later life.User-friendly and culturally acceptable dietary interventions can minimize this risk.Therefore, this study aims at exploring the perceptions of GDM mothers and health care worke

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De novo assembly and characterization of the transcriptome, and development of SSR markers in wax gourd (Benicasa hispida).

BACKGROUND: Wax gourd is a widely used vegetable of Cucuribtaceae, and also has important medicinal and health values.However, the genomic resources of wax gourd were scarcity, and only a few nucleotide sequences could be obtained in public databases.METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: In this study, we examined transcriptome in wax gourd.More than 44

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