Wichita ? A new program to control and prevent diabetes will depend in large part on convincing Kansans to take better care of themselves.

State health officials unveiled the Kansas Diabetes Plan on Friday, an effort to reduce diabetes or stop its onset in the next five years.

About 151,000 Kansas adults have diabetes diagnoses and another 65,000 Kansans likely have the disease and don’t know it, according to the Kansas Diabetes Prevention and Control Program.

As part of the plan, Kansas University’s School of Medicine will add 20 positions related to diabetes research during the next 10 years.