People with type 2 diabetes should be considered in remission after sustaining normal blood glucose (sugar) levels for three months or more, according to a new consensus statement from the American Diabetes Association ® (ADA), the Endocrine Society, the European Association for the Study of Diabetes and Diabetes UK jointly published in Diabetes Care , the J ournal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism , Diabetologia , and Diabetic Medicine , respectively. About 10% of the U.S. population has diabetes , and these numbers continue to rise. People with type 2 diabetes can achieve “remission” by