New report on surge in diabetes in the US

(Source: Diabetes News, 03 February 2011)
Estimates for 2001 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have shown that there are now 105 million people in the US with either diabetes or prediabetes . These figures break down into around 26 million Americans with diabetes, and 79 million people with what is termed prediabetes, although some of the rise may be explained by increased levels of obesity and changes in diagnostic criteria.

The CDC have found that prediabetes, where levels of blood sugar are higher than normal but not high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes, affects 35 per cent of adults in the US. People suffering form prediabetes are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke than those without it. Read more