Summary

During the EASD 2007 meeting, the International Diabetes Foundation (IDF) issued a new global guideline for the management of postmeal glucose. Noting that existing global guidelines do not include recommendations for the management of postmeal glucose, the key questions addressed in the development of the guideline were whether post-meal hyperglycemia is actually harmful and, if so, how it can best be monitored and, if necessary, effectively treated.