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F.A.C.E. Diabetes Screen shot of F.A.C.E. Diabetes website

Fearless African Americans Connected and Empowered (F.A.C.E.) Diabetes is a grassroots effort that supports individuals, families, and the community at large. Developed by Lilly USA, LLC, the goal of F.A.C.E. Diabetes is to help African Americans living with type 2 diabetes make healthy choices.

The number of Americans with diabetes is growing. Today, more than 25 million people in the U.S. live with the disease.1 African Americans are at greater risk of having diabetes. They are twice as likely to have diabetes as non-Hispanic whites,2 and 25 percent of African Americans between the ages of 65 and 74 have the disease.3

The need for support and treatment grows each day, as every person managing diabetes is on a personal journey. Lilly is helping to create a long-lasting movement in the African American community and our goal is to meet those needs, one patient and one journey at a time.

F.A.C.E. Diabetes offers useful tools to help people make changes to manage diabetes. Online resources include easy-to-follow cooking videos as well as other tools on nutrition, physical activity, and overall improved health habits.

Learn more at www.face-diabetes.com.

1 American Diabetes Association. Diabetes Statistics. January 26, 2011. Available at http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/diabetes-statistics/?utm_source=WWW&utm_medium=DropDownDB&utm_content=Statistics&utm_campaign=CON. Accessed on February 14, 2012.

2 The Office of Minority Health. Diabetes and African Americans. Available at http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/templates/content.aspx?ID=3017. Accessed on February 14, 2012.

3 American Diabetes Association. African Americans & Complications. Available at http://www.diabetes.org/living-with-diabetes/complications/african-americans-and-complications.html. Accessed on February 14, 2012.