Association of late‐night carbohydrate intake with glucose tolerance among pregnant A frican A merican women

Obesity and late‐night food consumption are associated with impaired glucose tolerance. Late‐night carbohydrate consumption may be particularly detrimental during late pregnancy because insulin sensitivity declines as pregnancy progresses. Further, women who were obese ( Ob ) prior to pregnancy have lower insulin sensitivity than do women of normal weight ( NW ). The aim of this study is to test the hypothesis that night‐time carbohydrate consumption is associated with poorer glucose tolerance in late pregnancy and that this association would be exacerbated among Ob women. Forty non‐diabetic A frican A merican women were recruited based upon early pregnancy body mass index ( NW ,