44% of people with this scary disease don't know they have it

You can’t sweet-talk your way out of this devastating disease.

A startling new study finds that an estimated 44% of people 15 and older with diabetes are unaware they have the chronic condition, which is characterized by sky-high blood sugar.

While Type 1 diabetes often begins in childhood, Type 2 diabetes usually develops later in adolescence or in adulthood. Poor diet, inactivity and obesity, which contribute to insulin resistance, are major risk factors for Type 2. 3

If left untreated, diabetes can lead to heart attack, stroke, kidney disease, eye problems and nerve damage.

“By 2050, 1.3 billion people are expected to be living with diabetes , and if nearly half don’t know they have a serious and potentially deadly health condition, it could easily become a silent epidemic