Letter: Today is American Diabetes Alert Day
Nearly 26 million people in the U.S. have diabetes.
Open Letter to the Editor: Tuesday, March 27, 2012, is American Diabetes Alert Day—a “wake up” call to inform people about the seriousness of diabetes. If left untreated, diabetes can lead to deadly complications—including heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, blindness and amputation. Nearly 26 million children and adults in the U.S. have diabetes—including 375,000 people in Minnesota. A quarter of those with the disease—almost 100,000 in Minnesota alone—do not know they have it. By 2050, as many as one in three American adults will have diabetes. The good news is that type 2 diabetes can be prevented or delayed through regular physical activity, healthy eating, and by losing just 7 percent of body weight (15 pounds if you weigh 200…
rob_h78
12:05 pm on Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Diabetes is just such a huge problem and while many people call it a ticking medical time-bomb waiting to explode I think that it is already exploding and that it is a process that will keep exploding for decades to come and the cost to society is going to be enormous and while I know many people are so worried about the government doing much of anything, the reality is that if something isn't … more ›