The author has experience mentoring teenagers with T1D and links to College Diabetes Network and Yale Pediatric Encrinology. There may also be possible co-promotion and branding with the American Diabetes AssociationThis guide and roadmap specifically targets teenagers and young adults from the age of 10 through 20. Written by a fellow young adult with Type 1 diabetes, it presents a fresh, new perspective, unlike other books in the market that are written by doctors or targeted toward parents.
1.25 million people in the US live with Type 1 diabetes, and 40,000 people are diagnosed each year. Between 2001 and 2009, there was a 21 percent increase in the prevalence of Type 1 diabetes in people under the age of 20. Less than one third of people with T1D achieve their target blood glucose control levels in the US.
