Federal Employee: Type 2 Diabetes and Prediabetes Fast Facts: What is Diabetes?

Around the world, diabetes is on the rise.  The World Health Organization has called diabetes the global health epidemic of the 21st century.  Here in the United States, about 30 million children and adults have diabetes. Out of that number, nearly 95 percent have Type 2 diabetes.  And there are millions of Americans who have prediabetes.  But 9 out of 10 don’t know they have prediabetes. In prediabetes, you have high blood sugar but not high enough for type 2 diabetes. If you’re not careful, prediabetes can turn into Type 2 diabetes. Be sure to watch out the next video, Fast Facts: Signs and Symptoms.

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