It's American Diabetes Month, but it’s not time to celebrate. Diabetes is the fastest-growing chronic disease in the world, and the most expensive chronic disease in the U.S.
Over 37 million Americans have diabetes and one in five don’t even know they have it. Today, diabetes causes more deaths than breast cancer and AIDS combined. And this month alone, 116,500 Americans will be diagnosed with diabetes, and sadly, 23,500 will lose their lives to diabetes-related illness.