SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 35
Unofficial
Whereas, diabetes affects more than twenty-nine million Americans and is a chronic condition that
occurs when the body does not properly produce or use the hormone insulin that regulates blood sugar; and
Whereas, type 2 diabetes is the most common type of diabetes, representing an estimated ninety to
ninety-five percent of all diagnosed adult diabetes cases in the United States; and
Whereas, diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States with eight million
Americans undiagnosed and more than five thousand Americans diagnosed each day; and
Whereas, cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death associated with diabetes due to