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Gestational Diabetes in US Surges by 36 Percent Over Last Decade


Rates of gestational diabetes in the US increased unabated from 2016 to 2024, as revealed by a new study by Northwestern University researchers who drew on data from nearly 13 million first-time single-baby births.

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