- Division of Diabetes Translation (DDT) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP)
- National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
Members of the Diabetes Workgroup have expertise in areas including diabetes, diabetes-related complications, and preventive care services. They developed the objectives related to diabetes, and they’ll provide data to track progress toward achieving these objectives throughout the decade.
Objective Status
- 0 Target met or exceeded
- 1 Improving
- 6 Little or no detectable change
- 0 Getting worse
- 2 Baseline only
- 1 Developmental
- 0 Research
Diabetes Workgroup Objectives (10)
About the Workgroup
Approach and Rationale
Diabetes happens when the body cannot produce enough insulin or cannot respond appropriately to insulin. Insulin is a hormone the body needs to absorb and use glucose (sugar) as fuel for cells. Without a properly functioning insulin signaling system, blood glucose levels become elevated and other metabolic abnormalities occur, leading to serious, disabling complications. Effective therapy can prevent or delay diabetic complications.1,2 Over 30 million U.S. adults have diagnosed or undiagnosed diabetes, and another 84 million American adults have blood glucose levels that greatly increase their risk of developing type 2 diabetes in the next several years.3 Diabetes complications tend to be more common and more severe among people with poorly controlled diabetes, which makes diabetes complications an immense and complex public health challenge. Preventive care practices are essential to better health outcomes for people with diabetes.4
Core objectives selected by the Diabetes Workgroup aim to track and reduce the incidence of diabetes and diabetes-related complications through improved diabetes care and self-management. Developmental objectives highlight high-priority public health issues that lack data. The Diabetes Workgroup selected a developmental objective focusing on enrolling eligible people in CDC-recognized lifestyle change programs with the goal of reducing the incidence of diabetes.
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Citations
Nathan, D.M. (Sept. 2015). Diabetes: Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment. JAMA, 314(10), 1052-1062. DOI: 10.1001/jama.2015.9536
Diabetes Prevention Program Research group et al. (Nov. 2009). 10-year follow-up of diabetes incidence and weight loss in the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study. The Lancet, 374(9702), 1677-1686. DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61457-4
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2017). National Diabetes Statistics Report, 2017. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/data/statistics-report/index.html
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2017). Diabetes Report Card. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/library/reports/reportcard.html