Action Steps for the Whole Family:
- Ask your doctor for an eating plan that will help your children grow and be at a healthy weight.
Help your children make healthy food choices.
- Help your children
be active for at least 60 minutes each day.
- Do things together as a family, such as making healthy meals or playing active games together.
- Limit your kids’ screen time in front of the computer, tablets, smartphones, and TV to 2 hours or less per day.
- Contact your local parks department or local health department to learn where you can find safe places to be active and get healthy foods.
Other Action Steps:
- Tell your doctor or health care team if you had gestational diabetes and/or you want to get pregnant again.
- Breastfeed your baby to help you lose weight and improve your child’s health.
- Make sure your history of gestational diabetes is in your child’s health record.
Things to Remember:
- Get tested for diabetes 6 to 12 weeks after your baby is born.
- Take steps to lower your chances of getting diabetes by being more active and making healthy choices to get back to a healthy weight.
- Help your children be healthy and lower their chances of getting type 2 diabetes.
Last Updated 11/11/2019
Source National Diabetes Education Program (Copyright © 2013)
The information contained on this Web site should not be used as a substitute for the medical care and advice of your pediatrician. There may be variations in treatment that your pediatrician may recommend based on individual facts and circumstances.
