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Normal Fasting Glucose, but Why You Should Check Post-Meal Glucose Separately

Fasting glucose at a health checkup can't show how your blood glucose changes after you eat. Here are the basics of managing post-meal blood glucose and ways that can help.

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Metabolic health in Korea at a glance, from official national data.

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15.5%Prevalence of diabetes in adults age 30 and olderKorean Diabetes Association 2024 (2021–22 data)

41.1%Prediabetes in adults age 30 and olderKorean Diabetes Association 2024 (2021–22 data)

39.5%Obesity prevalence in adultsKDCA 2025 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES)

24.9%Metabolic syndrome prevalence in adultsKorea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) (2019–21 data)

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Blood GlucoseFasting glucose 100, HbA1c 5.7%: the lines between normal and prediabetes. Body Fat & Belly FatWaist size often tells you more than the scale does. Metabolic SyndromeFive risk factors. Three or more means metabolic syndrome.

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Waist size, blood pressure, fasting glucose, triglycerides and HDL cholesterol. Your last checkup has everything you need.

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Why Do You Get So Sleepy After a Meal? Is It Your Blood Glucose?There is more than one reason your eyelids get heavy after lunch. Here is how sleepiness after eating relates to blood glucose, and which signs call for testing.Why Belly Fat Is Harder to Lose After 40If you eat the same amount but your waist keeps growing, here is what changes in the midlife body, and the management methods that have been shown to work.Fasting Glucose of 100–125 at Your Checkup: What to Do After You Get the ResultsAn "impaired fasting glucose" result is both a warning and an opportunity. Here are the steps in order, from the day you get your results to your recheck one year later.

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