Women who experience a preterm birth or have an infant with nonnormal birth weight are not followed up for lifestyle
intervention or disease prevention after re-entry into the standard health care system for nonpregnant women. Both
the American Diabetes Association and American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology recommend screening for
T2DM for women with a history of GDM (32,33). If our findings are replicated, women who experience a preterm birth
or have a nonnormal birth-weight infant may benefit from additional follow-up and lifestyle intervention to reduce
their subsequent risk of T2DM.