Are you at risk for diabetes?

Are You At Risk For Diabetes?
This short quiz will help determine if you are at risk for developing diabetes. Without diagnosis and treatment diabetes may result in long-term complications, such as blindness, heart attack, stroke, kidney disease, or amputation.

Select the answers that most closely describe you:

Age:

The risk of developing diabetes grows with age.

• Under 20
• 20-39
• 40-60
• Over 60

Weight:

The risk is higher if you are overweight. In some cases loosing weight has caused a considerable decrease in blood sugar levels.

• Underweight
• Overweight
• Normal weight
• Obese

Nationality:

If you are of African and Hispanic origin, you have an increased risk of developing diabetes.

• European
• Indian or Southeast Asian
• Asian
• Hispanic
• African

Exercise:

The risk is greater for people who do not exercise.

• Exercise 3 times a week
• Exercise more than 3 times a week
• Occasional exercise
• Inactive

Heredity:

Diabetes is to some extent hereditary.

• None
• Parent
• Sibling
• Other relative

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