Diabetes Self-Management

A SUPERVISOR’S GUIDE

you don’t know anyone who has diabetes, you might think again. According to the latest statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 30.3 million Americans have diabetes, which translates into 9.4 percent of the population. Of the 30.3 million Americans with diabetes, 30.2 million are adults over the age of 18. This means that in the workplace, at least one of your employees probably diabetes. Another 84.1 million adults in the U.S. have prediabetes, which greatly increases the chance of Type 2 diabetes. So, even if you don’t have employees who currently have

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