Half of U.S. Diabetic By 2020

Half of Americans are probably going to have diabetes by 2020, according to a new report from the UnitedHealth Center for Health Reform & Modernization. We’ve written about diabetes cake/pie, diabetes Thanksgiving cake, Latino children and diabetes and where not to get your diabetes information, but this puts the issue in a new perspective.

The takeaway is that a whole lot of people who aren’t Latino are going to be afflicted with this disease, even while diabetes disproportionately affects Latinos, as those of us with tíos, tías and abuelitos and abuelitas with diabetes can attest.

Now is the time to start eating healthy, exercising, drinking water and trying to cut back on carbs people. If you need help or are looking for resources for someone you love, check out the Center for Disease Control’s Diabetes Public Health Resource, it’s a good place to start.