QUOTE FOR MONDAY:

“Diabetes offers a perfect model for tackling a major killer within the Black population and demonstrating the role of social determinants of health. More than 37 million Americans (about one in 10) have diabetes, and more than 90 million American adults are prediabetic. In 2018, Black/African American adults were 60% more likely to be diagnosed with diabetes than whites.”

U.S. News (https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2022-02-22/black-history-month-battle-health-inequity-by-addressing-social-determinants)

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