Nutrition for Diabetes in Pregnancy: From Preconception to Puerperium
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition and Diabetes".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2026 | Viewed by 268
Editor
2. School of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Interests: maternal and fetal medicine; maternal nutrition; maternal diabetes; maternal obesity
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Diabetes in pregnancy, including pregestational type 1, type 2, and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), remains one of the most prevalent medical complications worldwide, with important short- and long-term consequences for both mother and offspring. Nutritional management is a central component of prevention and treatment across the reproductive continuum, from preconception metabolic optimization to postpartum cardiometabolic risk reduction.
This Special Issue aims to provide a comprehensive and multidisciplinary update on nutrition in diabetes in pregnancy, integrating clinical practice, mechanistic insights, and public health perspectives. Topics of interest include preconception counseling and metabolic preparation, medical nutrition therapy in GDM, dietary patterns and glycemic control, obesity and insulin resistance, micronutrients, continuous glucose monitoring-guided nutritional strategies, fetal growth, gestational weight gain, fetal programming, breastfeeding, postpartum metabolic recovery, and long-term prevention of type 2 diabetes in mothers and offspring.
Original research articles, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and translational studies are welcome. By addressing nutrition from preconception to puerperium, this Special Issue seeks to promote evidence-based strategies to optimize maternal and offspring outcomes and reduce the intergenerational transmission of metabolic risk.
Prof. Dr. José Luis Bartha
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- preconception care
- gestational diabetes mellitus
- type 1 diabetes
- type 2 diabetes
- medical nutrition therapy
- fetal growth
- glycemic control
- dietary patterns
- continuous glucose monitoring
- gestational weight gain
- fetal programming
- breastfeeding
- postpartum metabolism
- cardiometabolic risk
- maternal–fetal medicine
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