Eleven million Canadians live with diabetes or prediabetes-that's one in three of us. And another is diagnosed with diabetes every three minutes.
Canada is facing a diabetes epidemic that is taking a monumental toll on our health. It's time to do more-much more.
Diabetes contributes to 30 per cent of strokes, 40 per cent of heart attacks, 50 per cent of kidney failure requiring dialysis and 70 per cent of all non-traumatic leg and foot amputations.