Researchers recently found that by treating gestational diabetes at pregnant women during pregnancy, the chance of obesity at children between age 5-7 will be reduced.

The study shows that childhood obesity becomes double if mother with gestational diabetes left untreated during pregnancy.

The children of mothers with treated gestational diabetes have the same chance of become obese as the children of mothers with normal blood sugar during pregnancy.

About 8 percent of U.S. pregnant women are at risk of gestational diabetes which is a condition of insulin resistance during pregnancy and blood glucose level rises.