Type 2 Diabetes, which develops later in life, makes up 90% of all diabetes cases. While Type 1, an autoimmune form of the disease, usually develops in children and teens.
More than 37 million people in the United States have diabetes, and 1 in 5 of them don’t know they even have it. That’s 7.4 million people, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Let that sink in for a minute.