For each person, doctors measured blood sugar levels up to two hours after subjects had swallowed a sugar solution or, in cases where diabetes was suspected, eaten a bun.

每个接受检查的人，他们先喝下一杯糖水，两个小时后医生将测量他们的血糖水平；而对于疑似糖尿病患者，则是让他们吃下一个小甜饼。