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Risk Assessment

Type 2 Diabetes - Know Your Risk

Many believe they aren’t at risk for diabetes because of the belief that it only affects the elderly and obese. In reality, women, adult (young) and children are at greater risk due to changing diets and sedentary lifestyles.Your path to good health just got a lot easier. Enter some basic health information and the Risk Assesment tool will assess your risk for type 2 diabetes.

Know Your Risk

You must be 18 or over to complete this tool.
Please note: the results will not be accurate if you are pregnant.

What is your gender?

Male Female

How old are you?

Age Next

What is your ethnic background?

South Asian Black Chinese Mixed ethnicity White None of these

Do you have a parent, brother, sister and/or own child with diabetes?

Yes No

What is your waist measurement?

IMPORTANT: Did you know? Your waist size is not necessarily your jeans size.

How to measure your waist:
Many of us underestimate our waist size. Make sure you use a tape measure and 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.

Imperial (inches) Metric (cm)

My waist measures: inches Next

What is your Body Mass Index (BMI)?

How tall are you?

Imperial (feet, inches) Metric (cm)

feet inches

How much do you weigh?

Imperial (stone, pounds) Metric (kg)

stone pounds

Your BMI is:

Has a doctor ever told you that you have high blood pressure, or given you medication for it?

Yes No

Find out about your risk

Thanks for answering all the questions. In a moment, you'll find out your risk of getting Type 2 diabetes.

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The Know Your Risk tool is not a diagnostic tool. The results are not medical advice and it is designed for people without a current diagnosis of diabetes and is intended to highlight a person's risk of developing Types 2 diabetes in the next 10 years. If you are at risk or concerned about diabetes,we advise visiting a healthcare professional for further information.