DM2 and other chronic diseases are a growing epidemic in the border area; for this reason the U.S.-Mexico Border Health Commission has defined DM2 as one of its priority objectives in the Healthy Border 2010 Program.
Por este motivo, la Comisión de Salud Fronteriza México-Estados Unidos ha establecido a la DM2 como uno de sus objetivos prioritarios en el Programa Frontera Saludable 2010.