Two types of hypoglycemia and hours?

• A. Post-Absorptive/Fasting — 10 hours without food; Post-Prandial/Alimentary/Reactive — 4 hours after meal
• B. Overnight fasting — 12 hours; Post-meal — 2 hours after
• C. Exercise-induced — 6 hours; Sleep-induced — 8 hours
• D. Stress-induced — 1 hour; Hormone-induced — 3 hours

Answer: (A)

Timing matters for hypoglycemia: it’s categorized by when it happens relative to eating. Fasting (post-absorptive) hypoglycemia occurs after you’ve gone without food for several hours, and a common reference point is about 10 hours of fasting. Postprandial (reactive) hypoglycemia happens a few hours after a meal when the insulin response overshoots or glucose output lags, typically around 4 hours after eating. This pairing matches the standard clinical definitions used to distinguish the two forms.

Other options mix less-established or nonstandard time frames (like after shorter fasting or after specific activities), which is why they don’t align with the common classification of hypoglycemia by timing.