Diabetes
Diabetes and pre-diabetes are serious conditions in which people have high levels of sugar or glucose in their blood and are a major cause of blindness, amputation, kidney failure, and cardiovascular disease.
Abstract
Diabetes and pre-diabetes are serious conditions in which people have high levels of sugar or glucose in their blood. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that more than 420 million people worldwide live with diabetes. In the US, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), over 30 million people have diabetes and 84 million adults have pre-diabetes (blood sugar levels are higher than normal, but not high enough to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes). Diabetes is a major cause of blindness, amputation, kidney failure, and cardiovascular disease.