National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP) was started by the

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and

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in 1997 to educate the public about the risks of diabetes. NDEP's goal was to reduce the illness and death caused by

diabetes Diabetes mellitus, commonly known as diabetes, is a group of common endocrine diseases characterized by sustained high blood sugar levels. Diabetes is due to either the pancreas not producing enough of the hormone insulin, or the cells of th ...

and its complications. To help meet this goal, NDEP provided free diabetes education information to the public. NDEP ended in 2019.

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