DIABETES

79 MILLION

Americans have pre-diabetes

More than the population on the east coast from Connecticut to Georgia

5,000

Americans will be diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes

(Source: American Diabetes Association)

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DIABETES STATS

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Diabetes will cost America

476 Million

in the next 24hrs

Today Diabetes will claim

claimed

Right Now

7 Million

Don’t know they have Diabetes

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(Source: American Diabetes Association)

THE SITTING & DIABETES CONNECTION

The Australian Diabetes, Obesity & Lifestyle Study, a mammoth study cataloging the health & fitness habits of 12,000 Australians, found that people with high sedentary behavior had a

112%

increase in their relative risk of Type 2 Diabetes

A similar study of more than 4000 civil servants conducted by University College London found that spending

LESS THAN 12

hours per week sitting decreased their diabetes risk by 75%