American Diabetes Association Alert Day is the fourth Tuesday in March, March 24. A wake up call to Americans about the seriousness of diabetes & encourages all to take the diabetes risk test & learn about your family’s history of diabetes. DIABETES: impacts approximately 34.2 million Americans; 1 in 7 adults don’t know they have it; risk of developing diabetes increases with age & Ethnic background; 1.5 million Americans are diagnosed annually. Type 1 diabetes is non preventable but type 2 is.