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Who gets diabetes?

• People of any age
• People with a family history of diabetes
• Others at high risk for type 2 diabetes:
  • older people
  • overweight and sedentary people
  • African Americans
  • Alaska Natives
  • American Indians
  • Asian Americans
  • Native Hawaiians
  • some Pacific Islander Americans
  • Hispanics/Latinos
• Type 2 diabetes is also being increasingly diagnosed in children and adolescents

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• What is high blood sugar?
• What is low blood sugar?
• What are the risk factors for diabetes?
• What is the treatment for diabetes?