Diabetes Awareness

               November’s Wellness – Diabetes Awareness

WHY FOCUS ON DIABETES AWARENESS?

• 9.4% of adults in the United States have diabetes, 2.23% don’t know they have it, and an estimated 33.9% of adults in the U.S. have pre-diabetes.
• Medical costs for people with diabetes average more than twice as much as the medical costs of people without diabetes. 
• Risk of death for adults with diabetes is 50% higher than for adults without diabetes.
• The total annual cost in lost productivity, wages, and medical expenses for people with diagnosed diabetes is $245 billion.
• Type 2 diabetes can be prevented. Losing just 5-7% of one’s body weight and exercising moderately (like brisk walking) five days a week can lower the risk of developing diabetes by 58%.

RESOURCES - Find free diabetes information at:
American Diabetes Association – http://www.diabetes.org/in-my-community/wellness-lives-here/stop-d-at-work/organizational-resources.html
Diabetes at Work - http://diabetesatwork.org/
JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) - http://jdrf.org/
Joslin Diabetes Center - http://www.joslin.org/
National Diabetes Education Program - http://www.ndep.nih.gov/
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases - http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/