If you are a person that has just been diagnosed with diabetes, a pregnant woman informed that she has gestational diabetes, someone that has type 1 diabetes and has had it all of their lives or has a loved one or friend that has the disease, you will want to know what diabetes resources that you can turn to for any potential question, problem or complication that might arise.

With the national cost of diabetes exceeding $174 billion in 2007, which includes $116 billion in excess medical expenditures, as well as $58 billion in reduced productivity on the national level, you can imagine that there are quite a few resources available for those suffering from the disease and their loved ones.

Diabetes Resources – Where to Start

The number of government and public agencies or associations dedicated to diabetes is very impressive. There is the American Diabetes Association, The National Diabetes Education Program (which is a Part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Resources and is a partnership of the Centers of Disease Control.

The National Institutes of Health and more than 200 private and public organizations) and the CDC’s (Centers for Disease Control) Division of Diabetes just to name a few.

The mission of all of these agencies is to provide valuable information for those already diagnosed with diabetes and those that have just been diagnosed.

To give you an example of what the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) has on its web and how all inclusive and how varied the topics are from March 14, 2012 page and reads as follows:

• 2011 National Diabetes Fact Sheet
• Diabetes and Disasters
• Diabetes and the Flu: What you need to know and do
• Chronic Kidney Disease Imitative
• Prevent Diabetes: A Workplace Obesity Prevention Program
• These are just a few of the topics that are covered on the CDC site alone.

Diabetes Resources – Where to Find The Answers

The American Diabetes Association website is a site that is primarily used for those that advocate the betterment of those with diabetes, some of the resources that they provide for those who wish to become more active in the fight against diabetes or those who wish to know how the fight is going and where it goes next:

• Messaging Tools
• Recruiting and Engaging Advocates
• Local Market Planning Tools
• Advocacy Handouts
• Training
• 2012 Community Presentation
• These are also just a few of the examples of the resources that are available for those with diabetes or have a relative that is suffering from the disease.

As you can see the amount of diabetes resources are out there in a huge volume, whether on a daily, weekly or a monthly basis, if you are looking for diabetic resources it is certainly out there.