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A nurse is teaching a pregnant woman who has gestational diabetes about the benefits of exercise during pregnancy.
The nurse should explain that exercise can help the woman by doing which of the following?
Exercise does not increase appetite and caloric intake, but rather helps regulate them
Exercise does not lower blood pressure and heart rate, but rather increases them temporarily during physical activity.
Exercise does not reduce the risk of preterm labor and delivery, but rather may increase it if done excessively or without proper supervision.
Exercise can help the woman by enhancing her insulin sensitivity and glucose utilization.
This means that her body can use the glucose in her blood more efficiently and lower her blood sugar levels. Exercise can also help prevent excess weight gain, which is a risk factor for gestational diabetes.
The correct answer is choice D. Exercise can help the woman by enhancing her insulin sensitivity and glucose utilization.
This means that her body can use the glucose in her blood more efficiently and lower her blood sugar levels. Exercise can also help prevent excess weight gain, which is a risk factor for gestational diabetes.
Choice A is wrong because exercise does not increase appetite and caloric intake, but rather helps regulate them.
Choice B is wrong because exercise does not lower blood pressure and heart rate, but rather increases them temporarily during physical activity. Choice C is wrong because exercise does not reduce the risk of preterm labor and delivery, but rather may increase it if done excessively or without proper supervision.