"The fifth volume in the new Grey House Health & Wellness series, this new title is designed to bring together necessary and valuable information for the millions of individuals, family members, and caregivers affected by diabetes. For those providing care and support to individuals with diabetes, this resource provides easy-to-understand and helpful information about diabetes and connects readers to many sources of support. This comprehensive work comes at a time when 34.2 million Americans, or 10.5% of the population, have diabetes. Diabetes Handbook & Resource Guide combines valuable educational information for patients and their families. It offers statistics, both national and state, as well as discussions about prevention, treatment, and outcomes."--Publisher's website.

Section 1. Studies & statistics about diabetes -- Section 2. Diabetes mellitus -- Section 3. Risk factors & complications -- Section 4. Appendix & indexes.