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Health professionals' views and experiences around the dietary and lifestyle management of gestational diabetes in New Zealand.

Sylvia NorthCatherine A P CroftsCaryn Zinn
Published in: Nutrition & dietetics: the journal of the Dietitians Association of Australia (2022)
Findings highlight foremost a deficit in primary antenatal nutrition advice that may play a significant role in the fragmentation identified. Investment in community-inclusive services providing antenatal nutrition and diabetes education appears critical to overcome barriers associated with misinformation and poor outcomes. Pathways to include nutrition education from various primary care health providers should be investigated to ease the burden from specialist gestational diabetes clinicians and allow effective delegation of dietetic resources. Revision of current nutrition guidelines for the management of gestational diabetes in New Zealand is needed to facilitate consistent messaging and standards of care.
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