New format starting Monday, January 9th! Until then, we will be dropping a few unpublished podcasts from 2022. Happy New Year!!
In today's episode, we talk a bit about diabetes. Diabetes is a chronic health condition characterized by elevated blood glucose. There are several types of diabetes. Each involves the body's inability to use glucose for energy.
DIABETES FAST FACTS (from CDC website):
Diabetes
Total: 37.3 million people have diabetes (11.3% of the US population)
Diagnosed: 28.7 million people, including 28.5 million adults
Undiagnosed: 8.5 million people (23.0% of adults are undiagnosed)Pre-diabetes
Total: 96 million people aged 18 years or older have pre-diabetes (38.0% of the adult US population)
65 years or older: 26.4 million people aged 65 years or older (48.8%) have pre-diabetes