Type 2 Diabetes has doubled over the last 30 years

The Wellness Letter, University of California, Berkeley, October 2006

The odds that an American age 40 to 55 will develop Type 2 diabetes more than doubled over the past 30 years, according to a new analysis from the Framingham Heart Study.

Most of the increase occurred in obese people.

It's estimated that more than 20 million Americans (7% of the population) now have diabetes, and if the trends continue, that number will more than double again by 2050.

Nearly one third of those with diabetes don't know they have it.