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Dr. Jose Rossello, MD, PhD, MHCM
Preventive Medicine & Public Health Specialist
Last Reviewed: February 21, 2019
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More than 30 million Americans have diabetes, a chronic illness that affects the body’s ability to produce or use insulin and convert food into energy, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Its prevalence has tripled in the U.S. over the past two decades and has become the seventh-leading cause of death, as well as the costliest illness in the country.
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- Diabetes, the costliest disease in the U.S., impacts African Americans disproportionately. https://www.richmond.com/life/health/diabetes-the-costliest-disease-in-the-u-s-impacts-african/article_438130f8-87cb-516a-b27e-de1a59f63dfa.html Accessed December 1, 2025
