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There are 23.6 million children and adults in the United States, or 7.8% of the population, who have diabetes. While an estimated 17.9 million have been diagnosed with diabetes, unfortunately, 5.7 million people (or nearly one quarter) are unaware that they have the disease.

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There was a time when "Diabetes mellitus" was exclusively connected to the type of diabetes people got in their 40s. Not anymore. Nowadays, diabetes mellitus or diabetes type 2 applies to both adults and children and we need to ask ourselves what has happened to end up with this situation.