The Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes: Are We Ready for the Challenge?

The increase in the prevalence of diabetes during the past 20 years is alarming. Recent data presented by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) reported that 17 million Americans, or 6.2% of the population, now have diabetes. Of these 17 million, 5.9 million, or close to 35%, have undiagnosed diabetes. In the approximately 30 minutes that it would take the average reader to read this entire issue of Clinical Diabetes , about 46 patients will...