[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 13]
[House]
[Pages 18155-18156]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        DIABETES AWARENESS MONTH

  (Mr. PAULSEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. PAULSEN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to remind my colleagues that 
as Diabetes Awareness Month comes to a close, we must continue to work 
together to protect future generations from this disease.
  Cases of diabetes among Americans is growing at an alarming rate. 
Today, nearly 24 million children and adults suffer from this disease, 
that's nearly one in every three Americans, and another 57 million 
Americans are at risk.
  Madam Speaker, in addition to the alarming number of people affected 
by diabetes, the costs associated with this disease are far too great. 
The American Diabetes Association estimates that the total cost 
associated with diabetes care costs approximately $174 billion 
annually.

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  With health care costs rising and the number of diagnosed diabetics 
at an all-time high, we must work to prevent diabetes through education 
and awareness, as well as work to lower the cost of care associated 
with this disease.

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