Nov. 14 is World Diabetes Day

Diabetes affects 3.7 million African-Americans.

Get the Facts - The International Diabetes Federation has designated Nov. 14 World Diabetes Day in an effort to raise awareness about the disease. Keep reading for a breakdown of how the disease impacts African-Americans and what you can do to improve your health. – Britt Middleton (Photo: Facebook/diabetesribbon)
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What Causes Diabetes? - Diabetes is a disease caused by a build-up of sugar in your blood. Your pancreas makes a hormone called insulin to help glucose get into your body's cells, but a person with diabetes doesn't make enough insulin or their body doesn't process it as efficiently as a healthy person. (Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) (Photo: GettyImages)In Good Hands - 80.5 percent: percentage of Blacks that were covered by health insurance during all or part of 2011. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2011. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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Get the Facts - The International Diabetes Federation has designated Nov. 14 World Diabetes Day in an effort to raise awareness about the disease. Keep reading for a breakdown of how the disease impacts African-Americans and what you can do to improve your health. – Britt Middleton (Photo: Facebook/diabetesribbon)

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