{
  "id": 1886265,
  "title": "Strength training can prevent diabetes during pregnancy, study shows",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/strength-training-can-prevent-diabetes-during-pregnancy-study-shows",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-19T07:10:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-strength-diabetes-pregnancy.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Various forms of physical exercise may help prevent diabetes during pregnancy (or gestational diabetes), but data are limited. In a randomized clinical trial published in Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica including 209 pregnant women, participants who followed a strength training program from gestational weeks 12–14 until week 36 or delivery had lower rates of gestational diabetes.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}