PMID- 24897011 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160506 LR - 20191210 IS - 1486-3847 (Print) IS - 1486-3847 (Linking) VI - 75 IP - 2 DP - 2014 Summer TI - Dietary intakes in the nutritional management of gestational diabetes mellitus. PG - 64-71 AB - PURPOSE: Changes were examined in energy intakes and percentage of energy from macronutrients in response to nutritional intervention in women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). METHODS: The study included 17 women with GDM and 27 women with normal glucose tolerance (controls). Women with GDM were followed by a multidisciplinary team; they received dietary counselling by a registered dietitian, and were prescribed diets with 40% to 45% energy from carbohydrate (CHO), 20% to 25% from protein, and 30% to 35% from fat. Dietary intakes were assessed with food frequency questionnaires before the intervention (26.9 +/- 3.8 weeks) and after the intervention (32.6 +/- 0.6 weeks). RESULTS: After the intervention, women with GDM reduced their total energy intake to reach lower values than did controls (P value for time-group interaction =0.05). A concomitant reduction in total CHO and glucose intakes in women with GDM led to significantly lower values compared with intakes in controls (P values for time-group interaction =0.001 for all). The post-intervention rate of weight gain in women with GDM was within the Institute of Medicine (IOM)-recommended values, while the post-intervention rate of weight gain in controls was above IOM-recommended values (0.30 +/- 0.27 versus 0.61 +/- 0.50 kg/week, P