Queensland Centre for Intellectual and Developmental Disability

Impaired Glucose Tolerance

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Impaired glucose tolerance is when your body is not able to use glucose properly.

It is not diabetes.

People with Impaired Glucose Tolerance Need To:

Eat Healthy Foods

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Salad                   Cereal            Apple                Bread  

 

Exercise Regularly

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Visit your Doctor for a Checkup every 12 Months

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The Doctor may Check your:

WeightWeight, and

 

blood test Ask for a Blood Glucose Level Test, and

 

blood testAsk for a Cholesterol Test
 

Sometimes impaired glucose tolerance can lead to diabetes and sometimes it doesn't.

It is important to eat healthy foods, exercise regularly and visit your doctor.

If not you are at a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes, getting heart disease or having a stroke.