text: Through her research, Little found that the focus on low-income communities helps an underserved diabetic population. The common assumption is that middle-class Indians with office jobs are the main community affected by diabetes. But in fact, the fastest growing diabetes population in India is in peri-urban areas with average incomes of $2 to $4 a day. These communities are suffering from complications from the disease due to lack of prevention. Whereas a middle-class Indian in an urban area has access to some kind of medical system that allows them to prevent complications and manage the disease, low-income communities don’t have those resources.