Working Group Convened To Explore Growing Diabetes Crisis.

reported that it recently “convened a working group of policymakers, researchers, clinicians and experts to explore the growing diabetes crisis, and identify challenges, gaps and solutions.” Taking part in the working group were “researchers from the National Institutes of Health, PCORI, congressional staff and academic experts, as well as health care providers ranging from endocrinologists to pharmacists and community health workers.” The group’s “conversation mostly focused on Type 2 diabetes, particularly regarding prevention, although some aspects of the discussion particularly surrounding disease management and care coordination apply as well to Type 1.” Currently, “one in three” US adults “are living with diabetes or prediabetes, according to the CDC.” https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/02/us-diabetes-epidemic-959043