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Podcast: Clean Slate with Vicki and Joanna
Episode: Episode 60 Diabetes Awareness
Description: New format starting Monday, January 9th! Â Until then, we will be dropping a few unpublished podcasts from 2022. Â Happy New Year!!
In today's episode, we talk a bit about diabetes. Â Diabetes is a chronic health condition characterized by elevated blood glucose. Â There are several types of diabetes. Â Each involves the body's inability to use glucose for energy. Â
DIABETES FAST FACTS (from CDC website):
Diabetes
Total: 37.3 million people have diabetes (11.3% of the US population)
Diagnosed: 28.7 million people, including 28.5 million adults
Undiagnosed: 8.5 million people (23.0% of adults are undiagnosed)
Pre-diabetes
Total: 96 million people aged 18 years...