Part I: Definitions, Characterization and Diagnosis -- Global Estimates of Hyperglycaemia in Pregnancy: Determinants and Trends -- Diagnosis of Gestational Diabetes -- Evaluation of Glycemic Control Indexes During Pregnancy: The Role of HbAlc, Glycated Albumin, and Fructosamine -- Mental Health and Diabetes During Pregnancy: Is is Chicken or Egg? -- Part II: The Type I Diabetic Mother -- Maternal Overweight and Obesity in Pregnancies Complicated by Type 1 Diabetes -- Glycemic Control and Insulin in Type 1 Diabetic Pregnancies -- Part III: Global Findings in Gestational Diabetes -- Maternal Diabetes in Pregnancy: Iran Perspectives -- 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and its Impact on Pregnancy Outcomes and Gestational Diabetes in China -- Diagnosis of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Italian Perspectives on Risk Factor Based Screening -- Part IV: Genetic and Molecular Factors Associated with Maternal Gestational Diabetes -- Metabolic Fingerprints of Gestational Mellitus -- Genetic and Epidemiological Indications for Adiponectin Gene Dysregulation in Gestational Mellitus -- The Retinol Binding Protein-4 (RBP4) Gene and Gestational Diabetes -- Biomarkers of Metabolic and Cardiovascular Risk in Gestational Diabetes -- Fish Oil and Cardiac Akt/mTOR-mediated Insulin Resistance in Infants with Maternal Diabetes -- Part V: Pre-existing Conditions and Gestational Diabetes Risk -- Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy in Gestational Diabetes -- Links between Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Gestational Diabetes -- Bariatric Surgery and its Impact on Gestational Diabetes -- Part VI: Dietary Interventions and Exercise -- Myo-inositol Supplementation in Gestational Diabetes -- Treatments with Low Glycaemic Index Diets in Gestational Diabetes -- Low-carbohydrate Diet for the Treatment of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus -- Using the Good Metabolome to Understand the Relationship between Maternal Diet and Gestational Diabetes -- Probiotics in the Prevention of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus -- The Role of Exercise in the Management of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus -- Part VII: Postpartum Effects of Gestational Diabetes -- Postpartum Glucose Intolerance in Gestational Diabetes -- Diet after Gestational Diabetes (GDM) -- Postpartum Oxidative Stress Markers in Woman with Previous Gestational Diabetes in Relation to Vascular Damage -- Neurodevelopmental Outcome in Offspring Born Following Gestational Diabetes -- Part VIII: Breast Feeding and Maternal Hyperglycemia -- Breastfeeding after Diabetes in Pregnancy: Thailand Perspectives -- Gestational Diabetes and Peptides in Breast Milk -- Dietary Advice and Glycemic Control in Woman with Type 1 Diabetes During Preconception Counselling, Pregnancy and Breastfeeding -- Part IX: Specific Dietary Components and Weight Gain -- Excessive Gestational Weight Gain and Pregnancy Outcomes in Gestational and Pre-gestational Diabetes -- Diet and Carbohydrate Food Knowledge in Gestational Diabetes: Challenges and Opportunities for Lifestyle Interventions -- Higher-complex Carbohydrate Diets in Gestational Diabetes -- Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Gestational Diabetes -- Folic Acid and Gestational Diabetes: Foundations for Further Studies -- Iron and Oxidative Stress in Gestational Diabetes -- Part X: Recommended Resources on Maternal Diabetes.

This comprehensive volume covers all aspects of nutrition in different scenarios of maternal diabetes, including the Type 1 or Type 2 diabetic mother, gestational diabetes, and postpartum diabetes. The volumes offer a comprehensive, yet thorough, overview of the subject, from the prevalence, risk factors, and insulin requirements of the mother; to possible outcomes and effects on the infant; to dietary advice in general and specific scenarios; and information on macro and micronutrient supplements. There is also a special section on international perspectives on maternal diabetes, with ten chapters that each focus on a different country. Nutrition and Diet in Maternal Diabetes: An Evidence-Based Approach offers an overview of the Type 1 and type 2 diabetic mother, maternal and offspring aspects of gestation diabetes, and breastfeeding and maternal gestational diabetes.