Fact Sheets
Diabetes
Diabetes is the 7th leading cause of death in the U.S. Read more about the prevalence of diabetes, types of diabetes and expenditures on the disease. Click here to read the fact sheet.
Diabetes Education
Diabetes education, also known as diabetes self-management training (DSMT) or diabetes self-management education (DSME), is defined as a collaborative process through which people with or at risk for diabetes gain the knowledge and skills needed to modify behavior and successfully self-manage the disease and its related conditions. Learn more about the delivery of diabetes education in the U.S. Click here to read the fact sheet.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: National Diabetes Fact Sheet
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued in June 2008 a press release and fact
sheet announcing new estimates on the number of Americans with diabetes and pre-diabetes:
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