Type 2 diabetes has become a national epidemic. According to 2007 statistics from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), approximately 23.6 million people (or 7.8% of the U.S. population) have diabetes. November is National Diabetes Month, a time to make people more aware of the seriousness of diabetes and what they can do to both prevent and control it.
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