Type 2 diabetes is by far the most common kind of diabetes in the world, and it is growing at near epidemic rates. Many experts argue that it is already an epidemic.

The Centers for Disease Control place the number of US citizens with diabetes at 23.6 million in 2007. Most experts agree that the current number is dramatically higher. Additionally, it is a moving target as 4,384 new cases are diagnoses daily nationwide.

On the global scene, the World Health Organization places the number of people with diabetes at 171,000,000, a number so huge I have no way of wrapping my head around it. For perspective, the distance from the earth to the moon is 238,900 miles. So 171,000,000, if it were in miles, would be the same as 356 round trips to the moon.

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