Update on diagnosis of hyperglycemia in pregnancy and gestational diabetes mellitus from FIGO’s Pregnancy & Non‐Communicable Diseases Committee

The optimal process for detecting and treating gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) remains controversial, with wide variances in practice within and between countries. A recent pragmatic randomized controlled trial (RCT) undertaken by Hillier et al.1 in the USA has raised renewed worldwide interest in and discussion of GDM diagnosis. The study reported no benefit at a population level in frequency of large-for-gestational-age (LGA) infants,...