AMERICAN DIABETES MONTH

With nearly 26 million children and adults in America living with diabetes, and another 79 million at high risk for developing type 2 diabetes, the disease is taking a devastating physical, emotional and financial toll on our country. Yet, most Americans don't donsider diabetes a serious matter. They feel it is someone else's responsibility; someone else's problem.

Recent numbers by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention paint a desperate situation of where we are at, and where we are headed:

• Every 17 seconds, someone is diagnosed with diabetes.




• Diabetes kills more people each year than breast cancer and AIDS combined.




• Recent estimates project that as many as 1 in 3 American adults will have diabetes in 2050 unless we take steps to STOP diabetes.

November is American Diabetes Month, a time to rally individuals, communities and families to Join the Millions in the movement to STOP diabetes. This year, the American Diabetes Association is asking individuals to take a pledge and raise their hand to STOP diabetes.

source: http://www.diabetes.org/