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Check your Risk

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Are you male or female?
How would you describe your ethnicity?
Do you have a parent, brother, sister and/or child with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes? (Do not count step-relatives)
What is your waist measurement?

Use your fingers to feel for your bottom rib and the top of your hip bone and measure around your body directly between these two points.

Calcuate your Body Mass Index (BMI)

Height

Weight

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Based on the information you've entered above, your BMI is .

Have you ever been told by a doctor or nurse that you have high blood pressure?

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You scored

High Risk

What does this mean?

  • 1 in 14 people in this group have Type 2 diabetes
  • 1 in 3 people in this group are at high risk of developing Type 2 diabetes in the future

You have a very high chance of having Type 2 diabetes now or getting it in the future.

Moderate Risk

What does this mean?

  • 1 in 33 people in this group have Type 2 diabetes
  • 1 in 7 people in this group are at high risk of developing Type 2 diabetes in the future

You have a moderate risk of having Type 2 diabetes now or getting it in the future.

Increased Risk

What does this mean?

  • 1 in 50 people in this group have Type 2 diabetes
  • 1 in 10 people in this group are at high risk of developing Type 2 diabetes in the future

Low Risk

What does this mean?

  • 1 in 200 people in this group have Type 2 diabetes
  • 1 in 20 people in this group are at high risk of developing Type 2 diabetes in the future

Please contact your GP to understand the results from this test.