Increase in diabetes: ‘A public health emergency in slow motion’
BY KIM JANSSEN Chicago Sun-Times September 20, 2011 2:18PM
Jeffrey Lisitza, 56, of Arlington Heights, has lost more than 100 pounds through diet and exercise in his attempt to control his Type II diabetes. | Dom Najolia~Sun-Times
Diabetes data
The Centers For Disease Control estimates that 25.8 million U.S. children and adults have diabetes, about 8.3 percent of the population. Diagnosed cases compose 18.8 million of that total, with undiagnosed cases accounting for 7 million.
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Updated: October 4, 2011 11:40PM
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