“Diabetes has officially been classified as a pandemic by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which estimates that more than 29 million people in the United States are living with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes and that a staggering 86 million more have prediabetes. In 2017, the total cost of diagnosed diabetes on the American healthcare system was $327 billion, and is expected to grow to $490 billion by 2030. By 2050, experts estimate that diagnosed diabetes will affect 33 percent of the US population -- that's 1 in every 3 people.”

The above para prompted me to look into diabetes stats. Indeed, both diabetes and prediabetes are increasing at alarming rates in USA. CDC (Centers for Disease Control, USA) calls it an epidemic. See infographics below. For details, see Diabetes Stats by CDC — Diabetes Stats by ADA.