Glucose intolerance is, simply, the body's poor tolerance to and processing of glucose (sugar in the blood).
Here is a good resource on glucose intolerance:
Glucose Intolerance, an Introduction
Background: Several distinct disorders of glucose tolerance exist. The most widely used classification of diabetes mellitus and allied categories of glucose intolerance is that recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1985. Recently, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) proposed a system based on disease etiology instead of classification according to type of pharmacological treatment.
The major categories of the disorders of glycemia or glucose tolerance are type 1 diabetes mellitus, type 2 diabetes mellitus, other specific types of diabetes, gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), and impaired fasting glucose (IFG). Conditions secondarily associated with glucose intolerance also occur.
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IGT [Impaired Glucose Tolerance] constitutes approximately two thirds of all glucose intolerance in the United States and is present in 11% of the general population. Prevalence of IFG [Impaired Fasting Glucose] is 6.9% (13.4 million) of Americans. --
Source: Los Angeles Chinese Learning Center at http://chinese-school.netfirms.com/diabetes-glucose-intolerance.html
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