Gestational diabetes on the rise: study

By Taylor Thompson-Fuller
Updated September 4 2019 - 1:03am, first published 1:00am
Gestational diabetes is on the rise, according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
Gestational diabetes is on the rise, according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.

Women aged between 45 and 49 are nearly four times as likely to be diagnosed with gestational diabetes as women aged between 15 and 19, a study from Australia's peak health body has found.

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