Blood Sugar Rising

Blood Sugar Rising: America's Hidden Diabetes Epidemic

04/15/2020 | 1h 54m 35s

Blood Sugar Rising follows the diabetes epidemic in the U.S. Diabetes and pre-diabetes affect over 100 million people in the US, costing more than $325 billion each year. Blood Sugar Rising puts human faces to these statistics, exploring the history and science of the illness through portraits of Americans whose stories shape the film.

Aired: 04/15/20 | Expired: 04/14/23 | Rating: TV-PG

A Production of Structure Films for WGBH. With funding from: Draper, The Russell Berrie Foundation, Sami Inkinen, through the Inkinen Family Donor-Advised Fund, The Corporation for Public Broadcasting and PBS.

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